News / Should Poland made an energy bridge deal with Russia? [122]

The EU does not do anything in this case. The EU countries decided to place sanctions on Russia, which have to be approved by all member states every 6 months. There is also no complete ban an alm trade with Russia.

News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]

Do not be a hypocrite. You see people kissing in pretty much in most films aimed at children, or even advertisement.

This is not the act itself that upsets you, but the people doing it.

There is no hope for you, but hopefully your grandchildren are better persons than you, and won't inherit your bigotry.

History / Lusatian-Sarmatic obsession of Poles [153]


Indeed. It is also worth remembering that a large part of Lusatia did not participate in the uprising of 983, because they were quite satisfied how things were.

Furthermore the (Christian) Polish kings of Poland helped the German princes to reestablish their control over the area. Religion was far more important back then for people then nationality ( a concept that hardly existed back then).

History / Lusatian-Sarmatic obsession of Poles [153]


Interesting how you left out the part of the description according to which they both get nowadays along just fine and treat each other as family ;)

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]


From 1960 on perhaps. Before that the regime was very brutal, there is no way to sugarcoat it.


Poland is like the rest of Eastern Europe still dealing with the legacy of the Warsaw Pact


Mongolia is in no position to threaten anyone. Russia however is. Before 2014 I would have dismissed it as scare-mongering, but Putin has since then proven me wrong. He is not simply talking anymore, he followed his words with actions.

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]


I am not sure where you are going with this. Do you think it somehow makes it better that the SU did not single out Poland but instead opressed half of Europe for 4 decades? Or that some regimes installed and kept alive by the SU might have been even worse in other countries (e.g. arguably Hungary) than in Poland?


Because the current leader of Russia openly voiced his regret about the SU's demise and his main ambition is to get Russia into a similar geopolitical position again. A position that would reduce Russia's neighbours to the role of vassals.

News / German state declare diplomatic war on Poland. [56]


It was PiS who after taking power needlessly raised the nonsensical reparation claims purely for domestic reasons without concern for the diplomatic fallout. Germany has under Merkel never done the same. It is Poland who has started a senseless (and doomed) diplomatic battle with Germany, not vice versa.

News / German state declare diplomatic war on Poland. [56]


She had been in close contact with pretty much all the countries on the Balkan route to Germany on whose insistence she decided to not close the borders. Southern Europe needed solidarity and it should have been the natural reaction of especially those Eastern European countries who are demanding solidarity at every turn to make at least a token effort to help.

If you want to know why Poland will receive next to support on any European issue in the foresseable future, it is because of its' shortsigthness.

News / German state declare diplomatic war on Poland. [56]


No it did not. Germany' foreign policy towards Poland under Merkel was always very conciliatory. The happened when PiS was first in power. It is Poland under PiS that has poisened the relationship and can no longer be counted on as reliable partner in European affairs. Germany acted as it always did. Shouldering the burden of keeping the EU together, it was Poland who stopped pretending about European solidarity and has since then destabilized the EU for domestic reasons.

News / German state declare diplomatic war on Poland. [56]

If anything, it is Poland who has declared a diplomatic war( though I hate that word) against Germany since PiS came to power. It is not Germany who has changed since 2015, but Poland.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]


Indeed. Each their own I guess.

@Crnogorac3

Are you serious here? You are using Nazi propaganda to describe the Americans? The same propaganda that claimed that the Americans would completely destroy Germany so that it never could be rebuild?

The truth is, American soldiers were very popular among the Germans. They were seen as the most benevelent soldiers (which is understandable, considering that the USA suffered less during the war than other countries) and they remained highly popular for the entire Cold War. In fact, the USA was idolized to a degree by most Germans, they hoped that Germany would become one day as democratic as the USA. Unfortunately if you idolize someone, it hits you especially hard when he does not live up to your expectations. Which explains the backlash against Vietnam, Bush and now Trump.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Germany has in general strict privacy laws, a legacy of the Third Reich and the GDR (at least the GDR ist often used as a justification).

You are in general not allowed to upload any video or picture of a person without his explicite consent (there are exceptions, e.g. large crowds are acceptable).

Every country has different standards what it dems accepable. Profanity is more accepted in Germany, while depictions of violence are more accepted in the USA.


I really would not quote von Storch on anything here. She is seen as a joke even by her own party which is why she hardly visits talkshows anymore.

The incident you describe here is a perfect example when she said something stupid and tried to cover it up. The police published the greetings in German, English, French and Arab, aka as the 4 most frequently spoken languages in the city.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]


No she never did. I dare you to find a direct quote of her stating that only doctors or engineers were coming.


No she did not. That is just what sites like jihadiwatch made up.

You know Dirk, just because you have a pathological liar who fights the media in the White House does not mean that you can simply make the same accusations against Merkel.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Dirk, unlike you I have seen and heard how refugees behave in German classes. Most of them were heavily motivated, they came early and the teachers had to pry the books out of their hands in the end. The problem is however, that it is impossible to learn in a few months what others have öearned in years.


She never said anything of this. Though that explain why you keep using the term enrichement so much. Do you believe that you are sarcastically quoting Merkel?

Edit. She did use term when talking about migration in general, not refugees.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Laziness is rarely the problem with refugees. Most of them want to get a job to get out of the refugee shelter. The problem is that they do not speak German and many of them never really received a proper education. They never learned how to learn so to speak. This is something you can not make up once you are an adult.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

The HRE hardly deserves its' bad reputation anyway. It's last century was indeed not very impressive, but judging it on that account would be like judging the Roman Empire by its' last 100 years. This doesn't reflect e.g. how it gave its' people many rights and freedoms for its# time.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Poland or Hungary are not a disturbance. In fact it would be easier to ignorethem. The way Orban is ruining his country has the for Germany beneficial sideeffect of increasing the migration of skilled Hungarians to Germany.

However the EU takes the responsibility for the long-term well-being of the people. Ot is reassuring to know that there is a last line of defence against the destruction of democracy in Bruessels.

Just because you repeat lies do not make them true. People like Juncker are in no way "unelected". You are just repeating lies made up by people of the ill of Boris Johnson.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

@johnny reb


Yeah no. Modern Europe consists now of democracies that coexist peaceful and treat each others as equals. In which even small countries can have an impact if they play thdir cards. That is certainly not how the Kaiser envisioned the future of the continent, let alone Hitler.

Germany is bound to the EU not the other way around. That was the whole point of the project. Germany is currently prospering because it has realized that having a peaceful, prosperous and friendly Europe is perfectly suited to its' strengths.


It is not Germany that is clinging to past fantasies. The only people who are stuck with them who like to narrow everything back to WWI and WWII.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]


Blaming Germany is easier than accepting that the democracy in Poland is perceived as under threat by the other EU member states. This is not something Germany had to push for, or could be attributed to a German initiative.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

@Ironside


It is not Germany pushing the EU here, it is the EU doing this. And the EU does have every legal justification to do so. When Poland joined the EU, it agreed to its' principles and the various treaties that are the foundation of the relationship between the EU and its' member states.

You are using cases here which you paint as similar and which are certainly not. Try stop pretending that the logging of the forest in Poland is comparable to any ecological project in the EU. Everybody who is not willfully blind knows that not simply a few trees were knocked down that were sick.

And it is certainly not in any way comparable to Nord Stream. There are risks involved yes, like any other project, but it is not like we ban other pipeline projects if they are deemed safe. And yes, Poland could be affected if there ever were an accident, but the same could happen if one the gas shipments from the USA ever had an accident on its' way to Poland. And statistically speaking, pipelines are more secure than shipments anyway.


This is blatantly false. There are cases when the EU is more lenient towards its' members but this is pretty much the rule. Bruessels tries to avoid confrontation with other countries at all cost, with Poland being a prime benefactor. The patience shown with Warsaw until now is staggering.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]


Sure, which is why I support helping out other countries. But as pointed out by me, when Germany negotiated with the debtor nations this was the only time Germany had a semblencr of the influencr you describe. And even that was only because the other Northern Europeans were backing Berlin on this.


Those are completely different cases, for one, the infection was simply an excuse to go along with the logging. Moreover the EU is reviewed both cases and made a judgement, but in the case of Poland, Warsaw defied it. Germany has done no such thing, so no analogy here. And to be honest, the ecological part is not convincing in the case of Nord Stream, or else we would have to ban all pipelines.


The flaw in your logic is that Germany has not the influence you seem to believe. Germany is the EUs largest country, and has more influence than any other singly country, which is only appropiate given its' size. But Germany is one of the countries that gets outvoted in the EU Council most often, which is a better indication for its' influence than any superficial impressions.

The reason why the myth of German hegemony exists is because it is convenient for many to think that way. It is easier for journalists to narrow European politics down to Berlin, then trying to paint an accurate picture of the complex nature of European politics. British media are especially guilty of this.

It is easier for others to hide in Berlin's shadow, e.g what several smaller countries did during the Euro crisis. Finance minister Schäuble has often been painted as the hawk, but he was among his European colleagues one of the more moderates.

And finally it is easier for affected governments to pretend that they are opressed by Berlin. It is easier to say "Berlin forced them to vote against us " than "We pissed off all the other countries so no one wanted to support us".

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]


Even with Nord Stream, Russian gas will only amount to a fraction of Germany's energy supply, let alone the EUs. So your theory does not hold much water here.

News / Poland's Future in the EU under PIS [51]

Poland is already closely connected to the European economy and depends heavily on border-free travel. Just consider the size of the Polish truck delivery industry.

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [251]

Poland has only accepted a handful refugees from Ukraine. The rest are not acknowledged as refugees and thus are not receivibg the benefits of this status. I do not know why some posters insist on making this argument when it has been disproven again and again on this site.

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [251]


And how would you call the Polish government until 1989?

News / Political life of Poland [135]

This is of course blatantly untrue.

polska.pl/economy/investments-projects/eu-funds-poland

Both Poland and Germany have greatly benefited from the EU.The beauty of the EU is that it is a win-win situation for everyone. The poorer countries receive a lot of money to improve their infrastructure, which otherwise would have taken them several decades to do, while the richer countries gain access to new markets.

News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1538]

Well, it is not like you can deduce who is telling the truth here. Of course the Polish would deny doing it all for the money.

Like most things in life, it might have been a combination of both. Just because you accept the money does not mean you might fell compassion for someone.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


Not really more than any other major European power during this time.

The better question is, when was the last time Germany threatened Eastern Europe militarily? 1945.

And how often since then has Russia crushed uprisings against its' rule in Eastern Europe, annexed territory there or formented civil war?

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

Poles seem to like Germany well enough to emigrate herr in droves.

News / Poles march against Mandatory poisoning by vaccines [202]


Are you really this ignorant, or are you doing this on purpose? We are talking about such small traces of mercury that even 1000 vaccines would not cause any harm.

As this thread demonstrates, many people have apparantly no idea how statistics and percentages work.


Because the vast majority is still vaccinated. Once the nunber of vaccinated people drops below a certain threshold, you will see yet again outbreaks of those diseases.