Polish Conservatives Fundraise After Being Stripped of Public Funding
Tusk’s opponents called the move by the state an attempt to “eliminate the only strong opposition party.”
Tusk’s opponents called the move by the state an attempt to “eliminate the only strong opposition party.”
An advisory body for the Council of Europe has come out strongly against the law, noting that its approval this close to Poland’s general elections this fall would create an uneven playing field.
Kaczyński gave a speech in which he offered praise for the Spanish party, pointing out how much it has in common with his own platform.
Kaczyński urged Poles to take responsibility for the unique role they play in staving off the destructive ideologies of the West, warning them they “must be counter-revolutionaries” if they “do not want to be the West.”
While the Polish parliament has passed legislation to meet demands from Brussels, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen believes “those measures have not gone far enough.”
The initiative proves the advanced degree to which Eastern European countries are dedicated to supporting Ukraine, whereas Western leaders prefer to play it safe.
Bismarck succeeded, by a combination of chicanery and bullying in uniting Germany militarily, legally, and culturally in the image of Prussia. Subtract the military element, and the EU seems to have been trying to do the same thing to Poland, albeit using more subtle methods.
A COVID law proposed by Poland’s ruling PiS party has been rejected by the Polish Parliament. While opponents of COVID restrictions celebrate, some members of the opposition predict the downfall of the PiS.
The exercise of democracy requires the support of national sovereignty in order to be fully effective. This is a basic principle that is increasingly being forgotten by European leaders, especially the Germans who are eager to create a federal state of Europe, Kaczyński argued.
In a joint statement, the leaders rejected the notion of “a Europe governed by a self-appointed elite” and said that “only the sovereign institutions of the states have full democratic legitimacy.”
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