{"id":238551,"date":"2025-07-04T22:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T22:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/238551\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T22:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T22:36:15","slug":"polands-tusk-tells-far-right-vigilantes-on-german-border-to-go-home-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/238551\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland\u2019s Tusk tells far-right vigilantes on German border to go home \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fracas over these patrols has strong political implications, and could pile pressure on Tusk\u2019s increasingly fragile centrist coalition. While the government is telling the vigilantes to go home, conservative nationalist President-elect Karol Nawrocki is praising them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly the Border Guard has the right to control our borders,\u201d government spokesperson Adam Sz\u0142apka <a href=\"https:\/\/wiadomosci.onet.pl\/kraj\/odbylo-sie-pilne-spotkanie-donalda-tuska-rzecznik-rzadu-podal-szczegoly\/1lksvtv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said after a hastily convened security meeting<\/a> in Warsaw. \u201cAnyone impersonating officers or hindering their work will face consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Videos <a href=\"https:\/\/notesfrompoland.com\/2025\/07\/01\/polish-government-criticises-citizen-patrols-blocking-migrant-returns-on-german-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circulating online<\/a> show masked men stopping cars, asking for identification and attempting so-called \u201ccitizen arrests\u201d of those they suspect of illegal entry. Regional officials have warned the actions may constitute impersonation of public authority and pose risks to public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Tusk branded the groups\u2019 political backers, including some opposition lawmakers, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tvn24.pl\/polska\/donald-tusk-granica-z-niemcami-skandaliczne-i-haniebne-premier-o-patronach-bojowkarzy-bakiewicza-st8536469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shameful and scandalous<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nawrocki, by contrast, thanked one of the organizers, far-right activist Robert B\u0105kiewicz, earlier this week for what he called a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wiadomosci.dziennik.pl\/polityka\/artykuly\/9833265,karol-nawrocki-robert-bakiewicz-ruch-obrony-granic-donald-tusk-konflikt-straz-graniczna-niemcy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citizen-led defense of the border<\/a>\u201d \u2014 a comment critics argue risks legitimizing the self-appointed patrols.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to close the border was meant to give Tusk a platform to project strength at a precarious moment for his government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fracas over these patrols has strong political implications, and could pile pressure on Tusk\u2019s increasingly fragile centrist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[92863,768,6178,473,5898,33,2000,299,1105,1824,40,92864,51030,1114,6657,7965,770,59740,18241,56593,48,23422,811],"class_list":{"0":"post-238551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-adam-bielan","9":"tag-borders","10":"tag-conflict","11":"tag-defense","12":"tag-donald-tusk","13":"tag-elections","14":"tag-eu","15":"tag-europe","16":"tag-far-right","17":"tag-germany","18":"tag-immigration","19":"tag-jaroslaw-kaczynski","20":"tag-karol-nawrocki","21":"tag-lithuania","22":"tag-migration","23":"tag-platforms","24":"tag-poland","25":"tag-poland-election-2025","26":"tag-polish-politics","27":"tag-rafal-trzaskowski","28":"tag-rights","29":"tag-roads","30":"tag-security"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114797358859370241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}