
SAFE: European Union’s New Lever of Political Control?
The defence loan plan becomes another extra-treaty instrument of influence, using debt and budgetary leverage to shape national policy, Polish legal analysts say.

The defence loan plan becomes another extra-treaty instrument of influence, using debt and budgetary leverage to shape national policy, Polish legal analysts say.

“The paradox is that those who employ this language imagine themselves to be enlightened and progressive.”

“The longer this war lasts, the greater the risk it poses to the countries on NATO’s eastern flank.”

“Poland’s Ukraine policy should be pragmatic, reflecting Ukraine’s attitude toward Poland.”

The Polish head of state’s first moves are not mere partisan sparring—they are about addressing the structural defects within the state.

“The victory of the right wing in the presidential elections in Poland is a signal to the right wing across Europe.”

“Vulgarity has become an effective weapon to debunk and downgrade everything that had a higher status based on respect and deference.”

“We live in times when those who shout the loudest about ‘democracy and freedom’ are often those who most deeply resent the real manifestation of both—namely, true civil society.”

“The intention is for all funds to be subjected to what is euphemistically termed ‘conditionality’… no sovereign nation should accept such an arrangement.”

When voters backed a conservative, PM Tusk’s establishment scrambled to fake doubts and ignore the verdict.