I think we should ground this discussion in a more understandable context; PiS’s disdain for the Polish constitution.
This is better and it encapsulates the broader crisis and it’s various facets. This is beyond a rule of law crisis. This is the capturing of the Polish constitutional, the abuse of democracy and the rejection of liberalism (in the traditional political sense).
This isn’t Poland but a party, this isn’t about Poles but fanatics and ideologues. PiS are not Poland and neither are their supporters. Equally, the Poles rejecting PiS are not enough to prevent the emergence of a new regime. This issue will not go away once PiS goes away because Polish civic society and the polity has been fractured and pluralism has been destroyed. The next far-right will be even more fanatical and Polish polity will continue to become more polarised. Anyone familiar with Polish politics knows that Poles take politics seriously and politics in Poland has always had a touch of violence attached to it with personal attacks being launched across the spectrum.
The next decade for Poland will be difficult and the threat of an exit from the EU should not be over looked. I’m seeing too many Poles think this isn’t serious. Brexit didn’t exist as a concept in the UK until it was introduced into mainstream politics. It then became autonomous and ended up being the single most divisive snd defining political concept in modern British politics. Do not overlook the propagation of PiS ideologies beyond the shelf life of the party.
Country with worst rule of law in the EU is Bulgaria, yet you don’t see daily anti Bulgarian posts here.
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I think we should ground this discussion in a more understandable context; PiS’s disdain for the Polish constitution.
This is better and it encapsulates the broader crisis and it’s various facets. This is beyond a rule of law crisis. This is the capturing of the Polish constitutional, the abuse of democracy and the rejection of liberalism (in the traditional political sense).
This isn’t Poland but a party, this isn’t about Poles but fanatics and ideologues. PiS are not Poland and neither are their supporters. Equally, the Poles rejecting PiS are not enough to prevent the emergence of a new regime. This issue will not go away once PiS goes away because Polish civic society and the polity has been fractured and pluralism has been destroyed. The next far-right will be even more fanatical and Polish polity will continue to become more polarised. Anyone familiar with Polish politics knows that Poles take politics seriously and politics in Poland has always had a touch of violence attached to it with personal attacks being launched across the spectrum.
The next decade for Poland will be difficult and the threat of an exit from the EU should not be over looked. I’m seeing too many Poles think this isn’t serious. Brexit didn’t exist as a concept in the UK until it was introduced into mainstream politics. It then became autonomous and ended up being the single most divisive snd defining political concept in modern British politics. Do not overlook the propagation of PiS ideologies beyond the shelf life of the party.
Country with worst rule of law in the EU is Bulgaria, yet you don’t see daily anti Bulgarian posts here.