The EU has been relentless against Poland (and Hungary) for refusing to institute open-door immigration policies and accept large numbers of Muslim migrants. And Poland has made no secret of the fact that it intends to continue preserving its cultural heritage. Last year, a report emerged showing that the general consensus in Poland is that many Muslims do not assimilate.
A former Polish parliament speaker and foreign minister told the Wall Street Journal…that Poland favors Christian immigrants over Muslim immigrants due to their respective abilities to assimilate.
“Kaczyński: Poland will not allow itself to be blackmailed by EU,” Poland In News, October 13, 2020:
Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) and Deputy PM has said that EU institutions are trying to strip Poland of its sovereignty by demanding Poland change its culture and values. In an interview with weekly “Gazeta Polska” published this week he also asserted that Poland will defend its identity and freedom and would not be swayed by financial considerations.
The PiS leader was referring to the announcement that the EC would seek to standardize provisions of family law so that same sex couples and their rights to parent children would be recognized across the EU and to the proposals of the European Parliament and the current German presidency of the EU to link payment of EU funds with general rule of law compliance.
Mr Kaczyński said that the EU was proposing an unprecedented assault on Polish sovereignty. He recalled how the USSR’s communist ideology, which was dominant in the Soviet bloc had been resisted by Poland over the existence of private farming and the Catholic Church. This defence of some freedoms and matters of conscience was possible even under a totalitarian regime.
Now the EU’s institutions are, according to the ruling party leader, demanding that Poland should change its culture and values. This demand is “groundless in terms of treaties and contrary to Poland’s declaration of cultural sovereignty which was passed by the Polish Parliament in advance of Poland’s accession to the EU,” he stated. The PiS leader signalled that Poland would not budge over the matter. “We will defend our identity, freedom and sovereignty at any price. We will not succumb to financial blackmail…We will defend Poland’s interests…Veto. Non Possumus will be our answer to any such attempts.”
Mr Kaczyński was here alluding to the recent remarks by the EP’s VP Katarina Barley who said, in the context of both Hungary and Poland, that these countries should be “starved financially” until they comply with the EU’s demands on the rule of law. The comment caused a storm in Poland and calls for Ms Barley to resign or be recalled…..
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Hear hear to the Poles for standing up to resist incremental takeover, a technique long utilized by globalist governments.
Too bad the Poles in the second biggest Polish city after Warsaw, Chicago, don’t have the wherewithal or courage to do the same.
Ray Jarman says
+1
Spot on but the Polish people in Chicago never lived under the Stalinist regime nor has Chicago had to fight so many wars in the past to retain its freedom and dignity. Their forefathers and the reason they migrated to America have long been forgotten.
mortimer says
There is no reason why voters in a country should affirm secular-godless Globalism, rather than affirming their own national religious culture, language and ethnicity.
Michael Copeland says
The EU pursues Nation-Breaking.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/11/eu-nation-breaking/
Frank Budz says
Bravo to the Polish governments firm stand on their being a sovereign nation. The globalist and their utopian plans are based in Communist ideals. Poland has long lived under the weight of Russian oppression, so no one has to tell them about it. They are a proud and beautiful country, that wants it to remain that way.
Shirley Ann says
Cheers for Poland, refusing to betray the Polish People, by forcing them to accept & approve of the culture of ISLAM. Poland & Hungary have become SAFE-HARBORS for CHRISTIANITY & WESTERN CIVILIZATION. MAY GOD BLESS POLAND!
Check Burry says
+100
Cornelius says
There is one solution….leave.
Poland, Hungary, and eventually Slovakia, the Czech Rep, Slovenia, Croatia and even Austria should leave the EU and start their own common market. While issues like same-sex marriage and LGBT rights certainly have cultural relevance for these countries, the issue of Muslim immigration is an absolutely existential one. Western Europe’s future is essentially decided….it is Islamic. Central Europe still has a choice.
Wellington says
The EU is about as useless and regularly wrong as the UN. Both need to go.
Gwenda Adamson says
Agree 100%. Their before before dates have expired.
James Lincoln says
The Visegrad 4 countries Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia should leave the EU. NO amount of money that they derive from the EU is worth losing their culture over.
These countries will soon, if not already, be regarded as the “crown jewels” of old traditional Europe. Tourists will stop going to France, Germany, UK, etc., and will instead go to the Visegrad 4 countries. Their economies will boom.
I mean really, would you rather vacation in Londonstan / Paristan or Warsaw / Budapest / Prague / Bratislava?
Maintain very secure borders and very strong trade relations with the United States – and other friendly Western countries.
Clive Delmonte says
I support the important resistance of Poland and other countries set against the limitless invasion of their countries by population transfers from North Africa and the Near East. I remember, though, that many concentration camps were built in Poland so I’m cautious about what is meant by Polish culture.