'Polexit': Is Poland About to Quit the European Union?

https://www.voanews.com/a/polexit-is-poland-about-to-quit-the-european-union-/6266377.html

by baybal2 • 5 years ago

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decide1000• 5 years ago

Without the EU Poland still wouldn't have the infrastructure and modern roads they have now. These days it's possible to drive from Germany all the way to Krakow on solid roads. They would literally miss billions of dollars if they exit the EU. They will never leave it. It's all a facade.

FindMySocks• 5 years ago

One could comment about Brexit in the same way. There were a myriad of reasons to stay in the EU, which are becoming more apparent each passing week. But good propaganda will help turn the minds of the disillusioned into thinking that there will be nothing but unicorns and chocolate cake for one and all of only the pesky EU wasn't in their way.

drumhead3• 5 years ago

There was always scepticism in the Uk about the EU, all we ever wanted out of it was free trade, but slowly they were pushing the political union agenda and each successive UK government was slowly accepting it. If any of these agreements were put British public at the time they would have been rejected but they never did. But the resentment against the free movement of EU citizens to the Uk was growing. The game was up when the EU refused to renegotiate with the UK. The main driver for the Brexit victory was immigration and that would still be a problem if the UK rejoined. But now they've left once, the taboo against leaving is gone, and if they dont like it they'll just do it again. We'll never rejoin now. As for the issues from leaving, they're temporary, they may last a couple of years but solving them isnt rocket science and they can be solved with a restructuring of the economy until things settle down.

johntdaly• 5 years ago

I don’t think anybody is as ignorant about an EU exit as we where before BREXIT. I also don’t believe that anti EU and conservative voters are the same in Poland. Peoples politics are only simple in statistics or the media. In real life things get a lot more difficult and that detracts from the “story” somebody is trying to tell.

Arnt2• 5 years ago

Many people in Britain thought they were paying the EU rather than the other way around. "£350m/week" and all that rubbish. The Poles have no such illusions.

drumhead3• 5 years ago

It will never happen, the Polish government is essentially posturing, without the EU there would be no transitional funding and you'd suddenly see millions of their citzens being forced to return home with no jobs and very angry.

jmpman2• 5 years ago

What is the specific point the Poles are in conflict with the EU? Marriage = 1 man and 1 woman? Only Polish people can make pierogi? The article wasn’t clear.

dagw• 5 years ago

From the article

Poland: "judges in Poland's highest court last week ruled that the national constitution had primacy over EU law."

EU: "If we don't uphold the principle in the EU that equal rules are respected the same everywhere in Europe, the whole Europe will start collapsing. That is why we will have to react to this new chapter which the Polish constitutional court started to draw."

Arnt2• 5 years ago

Adding to that — if Poland accepts European law and courts today, then tomorrow it has to accept a European law it didn't write about corruption, or a ruling by European judges who weren't appointed by the accused ministers.

jmpman2• 5 years ago

Right, but what specific rules are in conflict between the Polish constitution and the EU law? Religion, equality, immigration, abortion, taxes, property ownership, ingredients in beer?

poulpy123• 5 years ago

No, they still get massive amount of money from the other European countries

'Polexit': Is Poland About to Quit the European Union?

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