>Morawiecki’ s intervention at the European Parliament last week was particularly shocking for a number of EU member nations. *“He was speaking to the EU as if it were external, as someone who is not mentally inside the EU,”* says one senior official.
The crime of wrongthink ? Can someone remind me what timeline we’re in.
Oh noes, the chihuahua angry at big twoheaded black dog, woe is me
Dear French, you’re quite stupid bunch, at least according to Politico:
*”Despite a historically tough position on these issues, French President Emmanuel Macron is taking a much more cautious approach this time around. Elysée sources deny that this is because he fears it would be used against him by “sovereigntists” in France, but everyone from E****ric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen to Xavier Bertrand and Jean-Luc Mélenchon has, in various ways, used the Polish crisis to make ignorant comments*** *on how the supremacy of EU law works and suggested, without explaining how, that France should assert the primacy of its own national law while remaining in the EU.*
*This domestic context is therefore part of Macron’s “go soft” calculation. He does not want Brussels versus Warsaw to become a huge conflict that could spill over into the French presidential race, especially* ***as the French electorate is also ignorant*** *and confused about how the EU works and is ripe for exploitation by distorted, populist arguments, which are difficult to counter in soundbites.”*
Merkel also wants German economy to start rolling again and disrupting recovery funds to Poland will have a negative impact here. Over 80% of these funds find their way into German companies.
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>Morawiecki’ s intervention at the European Parliament last week was particularly shocking for a number of EU member nations. *“He was speaking to the EU as if it were external, as someone who is not mentally inside the EU,”* says one senior official.
The crime of wrongthink ? Can someone remind me what timeline we’re in.
Oh noes, the chihuahua angry at big twoheaded black dog, woe is me
Dear French, you’re quite stupid bunch, at least according to Politico:
*”Despite a historically tough position on these issues, French President Emmanuel Macron is taking a much more cautious approach this time around. Elysée sources deny that this is because he fears it would be used against him by “sovereigntists” in France, but everyone from E****ric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen to Xavier Bertrand and Jean-Luc Mélenchon has, in various ways, used the Polish crisis to make ignorant comments*** *on how the supremacy of EU law works and suggested, without explaining how, that France should assert the primacy of its own national law while remaining in the EU.*
*This domestic context is therefore part of Macron’s “go soft” calculation. He does not want Brussels versus Warsaw to become a huge conflict that could spill over into the French presidential race, especially* ***as the French electorate is also ignorant*** *and confused about how the EU works and is ripe for exploitation by distorted, populist arguments, which are difficult to counter in soundbites.”*
Merkel also wants German economy to start rolling again and disrupting recovery funds to Poland will have a negative impact here. Over 80% of these funds find their way into German companies.