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    „Polexit“ sei mittlerweile eine echte Bedrohung, warnt Tusk


    „Polexit“ sei mittlerweile eine echte Bedrohung, warnt Tusk

    https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-tusk-poland-exit-eu-threat/

    Von Any-Original-6113

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    1. Any-Original-6113 on

      Poland’s prime minister warns domestic Euroskeptic forces are emboldened by allies from Moscow to America’s MAGA movement.

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      Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Sunday that a potential Polish exit from the European Union is now a “real threat,” accusing nationalist President Karol Nawrocki and right-wing opposition parties of steering the country toward leaving the bloc.

      In a post on X, Tusk said both factions of the far-right Confederation alliance and most lawmakers from the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party wanted to push Poland out of the EU. He called such a scenario “a catastrophe” and vowed to “do everything” to stop it.

      Tusk also linked the risk of “Polexit” to forces seeking to “break up the EU,” which he said included Russia, the American MAGA movement and European far-right leaders led by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán.

      The warning comes after Nawrocki vetoed legislation on Thursday that would have allowed Poland to access up to €43.7 billion in low-interest EU defense loans. Tusk’s government lacks the parliamentary majority needed to override the veto, deepening uncertainty over how Poland will finance planned military spending that is set to reach nearly 5 percent of gross domestic product this year.

      Tusk has warned that Nawrocki’s veto could weaken Poland’s position inside the EU.

      On Friday, former PiS Europe Minister Konrad Szymański wrote in a newspaper commentary that Poland’s nationalist right was drifting onto a “road toward Polexit,” drawing parallels with the political dynamics that preceded Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the bloc.

      Recent polling suggests support for Poland’s quitting the EU remains weak in the country, but it is no longer marginal. Surveys indicate roughly one in 10 to one in four Poles would back launching an exit process, even as strong majorities still favor continued membership.

    4. gadarnol on

      Scaremongering. Poland has improved dramatically since joining the EU. If the EU was more responsive to its citizens than its capitalists and their allies it would have fewer “exit” stories.

    5. Prestigious_Bid_7687 on

      Nawrocki – I wonder if he has been bought by MAGA. Would be treason then

    6. ortcutt on

      In the 22 years Poland has been in the EU, the economy has tripled. Are people really dumb enough to kill the goose that lays the golden egg?

    8. d-tia on

      That sounds like good news really. If they don’t like it there, at least they will have the decency of not blocking us joining.

    10. Kevin_Jim on

      That would mean immediately nuking their economy. The only reason they can be that competitive is because it’s in the EU. Leaving would mean, taxes, tariffs, restriction of movement, and so on.

    11. Dave_Is_Useless on

      If Poland leaves the EU I am going to demand a god damn refund of my taxes going to building up Poland.

    12. JayBeFC on

      So building up the economy mainly by EU benefits and then exit when you feel about it? Class act to even think about it.

    14. Vegetable-Fly-313 on

      What’s with these countries growing exponentially thanks to the EU then threatening to leave once they start seeing the results lmao.

      I get that there’s always foreign interference inc bots and grifters actively working day and night towards damaging the EU not to mention dodgy local politicians using it as their punching bags, but surely people can’t possibly be this stupid?

      As if we needed more proof that dumb and gullible people are the biggest dangers to the west and economic prosperity than any nuclear bombs.

    17. Kikelt on

      If it goes down the Orban path again.. better out than inside. The problem is that they won’t leave… they will stay and screw us all.

    18. Fast-Presence-2004 on

      So people see how well it’s going for Poland right now, and they see how bad it went for the UK, and they still say „I want what the UK had“? We are truly living in the dumbest timeline.

    19. sleeptightburner on

      Any politician who supports this is compromised by Russia and/or America, full stop.

    20. Cavalier1706 on

      This is similar to Alberta in Canada, 15% acting like it’s 50% and most likely being propped up by adversaries trying to keep a country or bloc divided. See through this nonsense look at Brexit as a great example of this type of stupidity.

    21. fubarrossi on

      I honestly do not see this as a worst case scenario. Poland leaving would be a pr-nightmare and bring questions on will the EU survive, but it would also mean getting rid of one of the most authoritarian nations in the union.

      The one where inequality and corruption runs rampant. The whole union would shift towards liberalism by quite a bit and save a whole lot of money in the process.

    22. Deep-Rabbit1535 on

      This would be even more illogical than Brexit because, unlike Poland, the UK was a country that contributed much more to the EU economically than it benefited from it. Poland, on the other hand, owes a large part of its current prosperity to the EU.

    23. Pu-Chi-Mao on

      I remember in the 90s we collected clothes for the poor Polish children. Then we opened our borders for their seasonal workers, accepted them to the EU and helped them become the economic powerhouse that it is today, it would be such a betray to leave the EU.

    24. ConfidentAirport7299 on

      If Poland exits, it’ll lose not only EU subsidies, but probably also all the remittances from Poles working in the EU since they’ll now find it difficult to get a working permit.

    25. MyPigWhistles on

      Oh no, what would we do with all the money Poland gets from the EU? 😱 

    26. Pizzagoessplat on

      As a Brexiteer Poland was one of only a few countries that was contributing enough to the EU when it expanded in 2003.

    27. EndeLarsson on

      Easern Europe – as soon as one does better looks for ways to selfdestruct.

    28. Tiberinvs on

      Poland is not the UK, they would basically go back to the third world country status they had in the early 2000s without EU budget money and access to the EU single market.

      I don’t see the majority of Poles supporting this, although PiS and Konfederacja are now polling at 40% combined so you never know…

    29. Aquaoo on

      Examples what PiS/Konfederacja/Braun say: “EU is taking away our freedom,” “Germany controls Brussels” (according to the right wing, everything bad is Germany’s fault), “The EU is run by satanists,” “Coal is the future and Germany wants to take it away from us,” “Germany wants to flood us with migrants!”, “Islam is taking over France,” and many other similar examples.

      Unfortunately, EU itself doesn’t help the situation (for example, unblocking the Recovery Fund right after the liberals won).

    30. avalontrekker on

      It’s been 36 years since 1990 and we still can’t get rid of the Russian maggots constantly sabotaging human progress

    33. According-Bet-141 on

      Forget America. Look at what happened to the UK, ten years after Brexit and the country is worse (in almost any aspect) and the ones who voted for getting out are regretful. 

    35. Explorer_1990_ on

      In Hungary, please give us time until 12 APRIL, as we will have election, where with Peter Magyar and TISZA Orban needs to enfance its defeat.

      It would be so nice and a great pleasure that after 16 years not Hungary will be the asshole of Europe, the hated, drunken, racist uncle who speaks always bullshits.

    37. Hutcho12 on

      This would be 100 times as stupid as the UK leaving the EU. In Poland’s case, it’s clearly obvious that the number one reason they have been doing well for the last decade is because they’re in the EU. It would be a spectacular crash for them if they left. I can’t see it happening.

    38. Hawkwise83 on

      Just what Putin wants. Maybe people should not do what he wants. Europe should be finding ways to unify not separate. A strong Europe can tell other war mongers to fuck off.

    40. Humble_Hat1282 on

      When Le Pen takes over France next year there won’t be a European Union to exit from

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