News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]


the root cause of the issue is muslim immigration to Western Europe - if Poland can stop muslim immigration here it should

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


as for the monuments to Russian soldiers - Russian 'liberation' of Poland was just changing one opressive system to another - we didn't want communism - it was imposed by the Soviet army with the help of Polish renegades - this is why many in Poland view the monuments as an insult to Polish independence

as for the question if Poland should remain in the EU: Poland benefits from the EU membership so far, being part of the common European market still benefits Poland, but nothing is set in stone for ever - current pressure from the European commission on Poland to accept 'refugees' has changed the views on the EU in Poland a lot - I think current Polish leadership want us to remain in the EU but will fight tooth and nail not to accept 'refugees'

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


we are currently not on very friendly terms with Germany and I wouldn't rely on them at all - that's first - secondly there is no infrastructure (at the moment) in place to pump gas FROM Germany to Poland even if they would be willing to act as a transit country for Poland

one of the possible scenarios for Poland if it doesn't diversify gas supplies would be hiking of the gas prices by Russia (which are already very high - Germany pays substantially less for their gas from Russia) - Poland doesn't need to buy all it's gas in America, it only needs it as a reserve supply to keep the pressure on Russian gas prices

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]


I haven't said we need to artificially keep the wages down - the realistic assesment is that Polish wages are 3-4 times lower than those in Germany and the UK, probably France too - it will not change overnight and it will not probably change drastically in the coming 4-5 years

as for the language barrier - I don't know French - but I know basic German and I can tell it is much simpler than Polish - I guess you don't know Polish that well The Other - Polish has very steep learning curve for non-Slavic people - coupled with low wages it will be a barrier enough in the foreseeable future -

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


you couldn't find it in European media because it is simply not true - Poland is happy to be a transit country for Russian gas - it's Russia who is trying to circumvent Poland and this is why it has built NordStream, Opal and is set on building NordStream2

Poland wants to diversify it's gas sources not to be prone to Russian gas blackmail

when Yamal pipeline was the only one Russian gas could reach Germany Poland was safe to receive it's own bought share - now we are vulnerable - (well not so vulnerable after building of the LNG sea terminal in Świnoujście)

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]


fortunately the language barrier and relatively low wages keep German Turks, French Algerians and Spanish Moroccans out of Poland - we do not have much to fear about in the near future in this area

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


where did you get it from? Russian media?

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


what do you actually mean by that

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

do you mean Polish or Russian media trzy kola?

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

let's be realistic G

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

Russia should stop pushing around aka being imperialistic, Poland has no beef with Russia when it doesn't push around

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


If you feel a winner so be it - I don't feel beaten at all - so we both can be happy - awesome hahah

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


you would be funny, if you weren't boring

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


if I am concerned they can go about those vigils forever - I'm not really impressed


oh I leave you with your bias - the whole conversation with you is pointless - you don't see the problem with the current judiciary system and you probably haven't seen any problem with the PO (mis)rule - farewell

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


I don't have coherent arguments? hmm then you are a complete hysteric - agreed? after all you see authoritarians everywhere

and no my 'devotion' to PiS is not blind, and they don't have my unconditional support and I don't agree with some of their policies - the thing is in my opinion they are the best thing we have at this very moment

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


there will be violence if there is a coup on the part of the 'total oposition' which I wouldn't condone but would fully understand

you know Jon - I'm going to repeat myself 'cause I have already written it today - you can fool everybody for a time - you can fool some people all of the time - but you cannot fool everybody all the time - enough people have awakened to the reality that PO and company do not represent people's interests but their own selfish interests

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


thousands mean little in the day of electoral vote - there are millions home who are happy with what the goverment is doing and will only bother to go to the streets if this goverment is taken from them

in my personal opinion you are completely brainwashed or are an elitist scum - don't know which is worse

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


did Lenin, Stalin or Mao introduce direct democracy? no, they were elitists just from a different set than those who preceeded them

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


because the people should be able to hire and fire everybody at their will not that someone should be protected from the outrage of the people and not accountable to anybody

btw coal miners are not civil servants


I'm not really sure you know what direct democracy is at all - and the source of the word is demo cracy - the rule of the people - not the rule of the judicial elites however noble they might want to pose

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


and there are millions of those who support PiS - maybe you don't know such people (if you don't maybe you should move a little bit out of your bubble) but as I said look at the polls of political support and how much PiS scores in them

and you know what - if the 'total opposition' attempted a coup there would be a civil war because just as I said there are millions of those who are staunch supporters of PiS and they would not take it lightly if someone wanted to take their vision of Poland away from them

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


oh either you play dumb or haven't read what I had written here - the current system makes the judiciary an authority unto itself with hardly any democratic control - do you call this direct democracy - maybe we use different definitions of what direct democracy is

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Other millions do. How do you reconcile the poll about the threat of democracy (if it hadn't been manipulated) with the fact that PiS still enjoys over 35 per cent support in the latest polls

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


I'm actually in favour of completely direct democracy - let the people rule and make the laws not the elites - people will learn from it much more than in the current situation - but for now I approve of the PiS government and I don't see them as an authoritarian force and I believe they respect democracy much more than the ones who ruled previously and what is also important they are willing to fight corruption and fraud - I guess you believe they are cynical, maybe they are to an extent but not in the order of PO and PSL

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Kodeks Pracy should not include civil servants in my opinion

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


hiring and firing is only meant for the authority figures of courts (prezesi i przewodniczący wydziałów) and the unrestricted hiring and firing of them according to the new law is limited to the intermediary period of 6 months after the introduction of the law - then it is going to be regulated

anyway still I would rather have a system when in democracy a ruling party appoints judges than that judges are an authority unto themselves - ultimately I'm all for democratic election of judges

I understand you don't like the rule of the people and prefer the rule of the elites - it's the exact oposite with me

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


I understand you don't like these people - I on the other hand hold them in respect and especially Ziobro seems to me to be a benevolent person willing to fight injustice and yes I believe that if PiS were to appoint judges (which is not exactly the case according to those laws passed) they would be much more just then the current lot who are an authority unto themselves and of whom plenty show little to no morals and often outright contempt to a simple man

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


I prefer democratic control - no party in Poland has at the moment a monopole on governing and PiS is neither willing nor in power to change it

as far as I know judges in the US for example are democratically electer (regular judges) and the Supreme Court judges are directly appointed by the President and approved by the Senate - in Poland there was no control over the judiciary circles so far and this led to many scandals and unfair rulings

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


and they were the body who appointed new judges - completely without any democratic control

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


If you haven't heard Schetyna just promised that if they win the next election he will introduce the law that will put those MP's who voted for the PiS Supreme Court bill for 5 years in prison (breaking the rule that law is not retroactive and that MP's have an immunity on the issues they vote for) - is PiS supposed to be affraid??

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Pawłowicz is not holding favours of Kaczyński - she barely convinced him to give her a taking position before the last election