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


The only polls that matter are the real ones, and PiS have just been handed their first loss.

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

It's only really newsworthy because PiS sent in the big guns to secure victory and failed.

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

Well, well, well. Polonius has been very quiet about the latest news.

There was a by-election held in Poland on Sunday, in the town of Drobin, for a place on the town council. It's a small town in rural Mazowieckie of around 3000 people, and not much happens there in general. Anyway, two candidates were in the race - one from the PSL, one from PiS. PiS went all out to win the council seat - they sent the new vice director of ARiMR (the agricultural modernisation/reconstruction agency), a member of the Sejm from PiS and a member of the provincial parliament to campaign. They also sent plenty of Party activists to campaign in Drobin - certainly far more than would be expected.

Anyway, the result : PSL 66%, PiS 34%.

Rural voters are clearly not happy with PiS.

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

Strange how you forgot to mention the money for the shipyards that was just resting in his account, Father Ted style.

News / Poland to return to Catholic tradition? [177]

The thing that's very interesting is that a lot of these Catholics only discovered their 'faith' after 1989. Before that, they were paying lip-service to the faith - secret baptisms, not attending church on Sunday because it would look bad in front of their comrades, etc etc.

News / Poland to return to Catholic tradition? [177]

You've just reminded me of my favourite Tumblr account : polishpriests.tumblr.com

It's very enjoyable.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


What part of Duda has given his honorary patronage are you struggling to comprehend? It's really not a difficult thing to understand, although I appreciate that you don't have anything comparable over the pond, hence you don't really understand it. Here's a clue : honorary patronage means giving a form of moral support to the organisers.


You're obviously not very clued up on Polish affairs, not least because you claim that Duda is popular. Latest polls show that he only has the support of 38% of Poles, for a start. Then again, it's normal when you're several thousand miles away.

Anyway, the answer is actually that Duda is the honorary patron of a neo-Nazi march. Nothing more, nothing less.


Given that you're one of the most prominent bedroom brownshirts on PF, why don't you tell us what your problem is with Jewish people?


Already listed them above. The common hatred of Jewish people, the common arm salute and common views about the superiority of one's race over others qualifies ONR as neo-Nazi.


Are you going to tell me that they're actually a nice bunch of people? ;)

For what it's worth, two minutes on Google can tell you that even most nationalists think that ONR are far too neo-Nazi for their liking.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


Not at all. I mean, they only have a long history of attacking Jewish people/places, they only have the same hand salute, they're only anti-democratic, they've only attacked the Pope, etc etc etc.

Why the hell would you even try to defend a bunch of fools that accused JPII of being Jewish?

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


Egg's on your face, pal.


It's a neo-Nazi march. Duda supports it. End of story.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


I didn't say he was a neo-Nazi, I said he provided his honorary patronage to a neo-Nazi march. There's a difference, but obviously you're not very familiar with how Europe works.


It's as neo-Nazi as it gets. People that go around dressed in uniforms that look like SA uniforms, people that throw Hitler salutes and who openly have targeted Jewish interests are clearly as neo-Nazi as it gets. Still, nice to know that you're also neo-Nazi scum.


One doesn't have to glorify Hitler to be a neo-Nazi. The modern definition is that a neo-Nazi is someone who has similar ideals. ONR have exactly that.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]

No, they just throw around Nazi salutes for fun. Of course.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


In the world of Ironside, Hitler salutes mean nothing. Bloody hell, I really hope Polish people killed and hurt by Nazis never read that.


So they say. Yet they seem to adopt a considerable amount of things from Nazism, even down to the uniforms. You're really not so naive as to believe people at face value, are you?


I imagine they wanted their country back, multiculturalism and all.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


... I can see that you don't have the concept of honorary patronage in North America.


He is. He lent his honorary patronage to the neo-Nazi event. That means he's supporting it.


Ironside, they're neo-Nazis. Just so people don't get confused by your comment, here are some typical ONR members. They are marching, and Duda is supporting them with his honorary patronage.



Sad to see that you're supporting them disgracing the name of the cursed soliders, though. I'm sure they wouldn't want to be associated with neo-Nazis, given they were still struggling for the Poland that was theirs - the multicultural, multiethnic Poland of 1918-1939.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]

Merged: Andrzej Duda is the honorary patron of a neo-Nazi March

In one of those "tell me he didn't just do that!" moments, we now see that Duda is the patron of a march by ONR, who are prominent Polish neo-Nazis.

wyborcza.pl/1,75478,19626075,prezydent-duda-objal-patronatem-marsz-onr-upamietniajacy-zolnierzy.html



Unbelievable.

Real Estate / Buying property in Poland [41]


You could, but I seem to recall a restriction of 10ha on any holding and it was subject to veto by the authorities.

Life / Whats up with Polish guys getting drunk and looking for a fight? [60]


On the contrary, Wrocław will host the World Bridge Games this year. Poland is quite strong at it and considered an elite nation, from what I recall.

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

In other words, yet more example of PiS attempting to buy votes.

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


The numbers don't lie. You can see that they've been headed downwards since Duda's election, and the only question is just how far they fall.

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


It all rests on Gowin really. I don't think we'll see anyone else making a move, but he has a huge amount of support in Małopolska - and a history of doing his own thing regardless of what anyone else in government wants. I'm inclined to agree with you, though. Mind you, it wouldn't terribly shock me if Gowin turned up and publicly ran against Kaczyński - and won.


Have you used the ePUAP system devised and introduced by PO, or perhaps the PUE system for ZUS? PO did a lot of good - but unfortunately, Poles believe in the large flashy promises ("500zł for every child! free medicine for those over 75!") than in the things that PO did to make our lives better. I use both systems quite a lot, and you can really see how things have changed in Poland since I first came here. It wasn't all perfect, but no government ever is.

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


I wouldn't be so sure. They don't have much of a majority, and given that Morawiecki and Gowin are already agitating against their socialist promises, the whole thing might not last that long.


If by "better", you mean "better at destroying Poland", I agree. Likewise, the massive fall in the złoty and the Warsaw Stock Exchange says it all.

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

There's nothing good to say, given that it's characterised by the worst nepotism since the 2001-2005 SLD government and features a lot of incompetence, backtracking and general inability to get things done.

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


Interesting article, as it clearly shows how slapping 1.9% on fuel will clearly result in a rise in illegal sales. Nowhere does it talk about the alleged VAT hole that PiS claimed to exist, though.

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

It's interesting that you're choosing to deliberately divert attention away from the crucial facts right now :

1) The 500+ programme is unfunded and has significant opposition from within the government.
2) The bank tax is already resulting in significantly higher fees for clients
3) The retail tax law is a mess, with smaller business owners going crazy because it looks like they will lose out more than bigger chains.

4) The alleged problems with the VAT system don't seem to exist

What's interesting right now is that Morawiecki is showing why BZWBK paid him a huge salary - he is standing up to PiS and making it clear that he won't act against the financial best interests of Poland. He'll be gone within months.

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

Don't you think it's rather unprofessional to appoint a puppet and then fire the puppet just because the leader of the party (who holds no executive position in government) says so?

Never fear. The media is already reporting how Morawiecki camp is openly feuding with the Ziobro camp. Morawiecki's camp (which includes the Finance Minister, Szałamach) is openly hostile to the 500zł per child policy, and now he's openly saying that the retail tax is going to punish Polish shop owners. Kaczyński is playing both camps like a marionette, but it wouldn't terribly surprise me if it ends up in open civil war, given the history of PiS.


wbj.pl/morawiecki-retail-tax-will-hit-small-shops-hard/

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

Someone seems to be rather jealous and bitter that he has no chance with such a woman ;)

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

As we all know, the nepotism continues without any shame whatsoever.

polska.newsweek.pl/marcin-mastalerek-z-posada-w-orlenie-stanowiska-dla-zwolennikow-pis,artykuly,379284,1.html


The article goes on to explain about how the "good change" actually meant widespread corruption and nepotism. Nothing we didn't know already, of course.

The only bad thing here is that I'm not sure whether the legal system in this country has the capacity to deal with the vast amount of corruption and nepotism after the next election.

And now we see yet another example of how nothing happens in Poland without the approval of Kaczyński.

[quote]Mariusz Kaminski was for only two days president of Polski Holding Obronny. Jarosław Kaczyński demanded his resignation. The president of PiS did not know that Kaminski is the head. This is a company that is majority-owned by the State. Kaczyński, surprised by the information about the nomination, called Tuesday night to the defense minister Antoni Macierewicz who governs PHO.

wyborcza.pl/1,75478,19608444,kaczynski-wymusil-dymisje-kaminskiego.html

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

They had plenty of time to pass legislation that would make people's lives better, but all they've done is focus on TKM as much as possible. The latest scandal with Macierewicz's 'commission' (with no aviation experts whatsoever!) all being paid 25k a month says it all - the goal is to milk the country for as much money as possible while it lasts.

At the end of the day, the hard numbers don't lie - the złoty has collapsed and the WIG20 has collapsed.

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

Polonius, stop making excuses. They have the Presidency, the Sejm and the Senat. There's no excuses for not implementing legislation - it was their choice to focus on destroying the SC and TK as well as executing the TKM plan.

We all know the real reason they haven't implemented their promises is because they were completely unrealistic. They're struggling to find the money for the 500zł project, the retail tax law has resulted in Solidarność getting upset as well as many small business owners and they're showing that they simply weren't prepared despite the claims otherwise. We're seeing the cost of the PiS policies so far, the WIG20 is down over 200 points, exchange rates are in the toilet (today, 1USD = 3.99zł, 1CHF = 4.03zł, 1EUR = 4.45zł, 1PLN = 6.08CZK), insurance prices have gone up considerably, PiS are attempting to force import taxes on EU goods, and more.

By the way, latest polls :

PiS : 30.3%
Nowoczesna : 26.2%
PO : 15.2%
Kukiz'15 : 6.9%
SLD : 5.7%

ewybory.eu/sondaz-ibris-dla-onetu-05-02-2016/

Law / Startup with Blue Card or TRC in Poland? [17]


They're both the same in terms of what they allow you to do here.

Law / Startup with Blue Card or TRC in Poland? [17]


No, that only applies to EU/EEA/CH nationals (and a few others, such as citizens of the European microstates and Americans). Others cannot be self employed in the Polish sense. They can start different forms of companies, such as a sp. z o.o.

The OP is most probably Indian, in which case, he can certainly have a startup, but the legal aspects are likely to be daunting.