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delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Had PiS waited for the system to work they could be working on their program.

It's interesting that they haven't really passed a single thing from their programme, it's all just about putting their ex-PZPR men into as many positions of power and influence as possible.

Petru has become the face and voice of the movement

No, Kijowski is the leader of the movement. I assure you that no-one is talking about Petru in our circles.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Should Poland exit the EU immediately? [377]

In some cases, yeah, that's a far throw from a single force under Brussels control.

I suppose I'm very much of the view that a lot of things are unnecessarily duplicated in the EU - for instance, although there's now the "one-stop" border on the Croatian border with other EU countries, there's still police from both Slovenia and Croatia at every crossing. It would make much more sense if there was a single common border guard, and it would allow Croatian resources to be deployed more effectively elsewhere (especially on the porous Bosnian border).

At the same time, I'd like to see countries such as Germany using their resources to help defend the Baltic borders - it's not exactly a big secret that Russia can move people in/out of the EU pretty freely there.

And most of all, it would be nice to have a common EU border guard so that practices such as France not even bothering to control American flights (used to happen frequently at CDG) could be stamped out, or the Greeks refusing any and all offers of help.

how many Finnish departments there are in Poland

There are departments in Poznań, Gdańsk, Warsaw, Krakow and possibly more. It's just madness - to me, I don't see much reason to have so many when none of the departments are particularly good. But again - I see the competition being with other EU countries, not just within Poland.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Because the previous regime violated the constitution.

Then let the TK rule and get on with it. The TK gave their judgement, all PiS have to do is respect that and we can move on.

By the way, Duda is currently violating the Constitution and ignoring an order by the highest court in the country to follow it, all because his boss tells him to do so. Pathetic.

Has anyone ever heard of a banker leading a protest movement?

Petru isn't leading any protest movement. He might be part of it, but so am I and many others.

The high-sounding slogans are only there to delude the masses?

There's no delusion here, except on the part of PiS voters that think that "decommunization" means "electing Jarosław Kaczyński's ex-PZPR friends to top positions".
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Should Poland exit the EU immediately? [377]

No, it's a terrible idea the perceived need for which stems almost entirely from decisions made by leaders out of touch with their electorate.

Do you not think that it makes sense to pool resources though? For instance - a common Baltic border guard to defend the Russian/Belarusian border makes a lot of sense, not least because resources can be deployed to where they're needed.

I always think of the Polish university sector here as a good comparison - where you have multiple departments for Finnish throughout Poland and none of them are particularly good, when the logical thing to do would be to have one Finnish department that is very very good.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

The entire muck-up caused by PO's illicit appointment of TK judges has snowballed into one gigantic imbroglio.

Why did PiS need to start any trouble with the TK to begin with? It was simple - complain to the TK, get the 2 PO judges appointed illegally removed, appoint the three PO/PSL judges + 2 PiS, move on. Job done.

More to the point, the job of the opposition is to oppose. If PiS can't deal with opposition, then they're not fit for power.

The big problem is that PiS remains under the thumb of one person who is a terrible, terrible administrator

I think they're trying incredibly hard to cause trouble so that people will forget about the increased tax-free amount and 500zł per child. It's pretty obvious that the money isn't there, so they're using this TK situation to deflect attention away from it.

Incidentally, I've heard that PiS will cut all funding for milk bars. Amazing.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Should Poland exit the EU immediately? [377]

The Spinelli Group calls for a European Border and Coast Guard, a Single European Asylum System, a European Intelligence Force and a European Police Agency

Very good idea. It means we can work together on common European threats, and means that policing is more effective. Right now, there are some joint initatives (such as in Kudowa and Świecko) - but more would be better. Criminals don't respect borders, so why should we?

For instance, there's really no reason why the Russian/Belarusian border can't be defended by a joint border guard force - the Baltic countries would get help from Poland, and Finland and Norway's experience would be very useful indeed.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

..and they have not been given a moment of peace to calmly analyse, prepare, plan...

Excuses. They have a majority in the Sejm and Senat, as well as the Presidency.

The reality is that PiS are causing all this trouble with the TK because it deflects from their inability to actually get things done. Nevermind, ex-PZPR personal friends of Jarosław all have good jobs now!
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
Life / Comparing Poland and Romania [108]

I wonder if it's not embarrassment, but rather the fact that the culture is incredibly diverse and so there's not such a thing as "Polish" folk culture - but rather hyper-regionalised culture.

It also doesn't help that the most prominent example of it - the Górale - have an incredibly negative opinion among many Poles, such as with the forcing of horses to climb up to Morskie Oko in Zakopane.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Tell us why Nowoczesna should in fact say anything about the issue? It's not worth getting into - there are far more important things to worry about, such as PiS taking on as much debt as possible while destroying the independent civil service. Oh, and the fact that PiS are appointing a considerable amount of former PZPR appratchiks to senior positions...

Polish voters don't want refugees here. Okay, end of story. It's not worth fighting over.
delphiandomine   
18 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Muslim refugees ? 500 PLN per child ? Raising tax free income ? Tax on banks and retail chains ?

First one is a non-issue, second and third can be destroyed with simply pointing out how PiS is relying on borrowing money to pay for these promises and the fourth can easily be dealt with by pointing out how this tax is destroying the ordinary Pole.

For what it's worth, PiS have been in government for over a month now and they haven't dealt with a single one of those issues yet, despite saying that they were a "priority".
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Instead of blaming, I'll be out there opposing.

The fact that you and the other right wingers are all talking about blood on the streets and civil war shows that you're willing to kill Poles for a political agenda.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

honest and decent grouping

Is that why they keep replacing ordinary people with ex-PZPR functionaries? The latest news I saw is that PKN Orlen now have an ex-PZPR member that the helm.

The reason I'm annoyed by your flaming here is that I don't want blood on the streets and civil war.

If there's blood on the streets and civil war, then the only person that can be blamed is Jarosław Kaczyński.

Incidentally, the latest poll shows that 72% of Poles think that Duda is a puppet of Kaczyński.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Meow.

Can't post it now, but I found a cracking comparison made by Nowoczesna about how Duda lied through his teeth about the TK.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

If they can't deal with a very peaceful protest, then they deserve all they get.

At which point it really game over for them.

Yes, any attempt to rush through late-night legislation (as is their usual tactic) will mean the end of Duda, the clown.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

When your only tool is a hammer.....

I'm just waiting for PiS to overreact now, really. If these demonstrations attract anything comparable to last weekend, I can see PiS engineering some pretext to ban the marches.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

I just wonder how long it will take before PiS set their goons on one of these marches. They already tried in Gdańsk last weekend and failed miserably...
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

I'm not talking about amendment but about the bill of the new Parliament regarding new judges.

That bill was ruled on by the TK and parts found to be unconstitutional, as you well know.

My fair and objective assessment of the action taken by those people who have no respect for the law for democracy or for a common decency is valid and true to facts.

True to facts? What facts? The abuse given towards KOD supporters, the abuse given towards the opposition and the general abusive behaviour in general?
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

They ruled in the case of a bill from the previous Parliament which has been amended by the current Parliament.

Doesn't work like that. The TK ruled on the law as passed by the previous government on the 3rd December. The amendments were judged on the 9th December.

The reality crated by the law created by the previous bill is not longer binding and hasn't been valid by the time those TK judges decided to have a go at it.

That's not how Polish law works.

They ought to know it, hence their action can only be read as a politically motived decision and has nothing to do with the law but all with politics.

Your attack on a democratic institution is entirely the kind of thing expected from the PZPR-bis known as PiS.

More a question of what they'll get when snap elections are called - after all, this regime, due in large part to their contempt for the constitution has already started to collapse.

If they call snap elections, it will be a non-partisan bloc against PiS with Kukiz standing alone. PiS would have no chance.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

No-one ordered me to do anything.

Speaking of which, no-one mentioned that the TK decision from the 3rd of December was published. Duda's refusal to swear in the new judges now becomes even worse, as he has absolutely no constitutional basis to do so.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

In the end we will see what will happen. I just see no point for your flaming here. Is not as you can whip up some support posting on PF.

PF comes up frequently on Google for Polish related issues, so you would be surprised. It's why it's so good that you insult and berate people on here while showing your support for PiS.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

They weren't questioning results but deeds and actions of a government that is an entirely different issue and their weren't doing it on the streets.

What are you on about? PiS were on the streets constantly demanding the resignation of the government. It was normal to go out on the 10th of each month and see demonstrations about the government!

We? Give me a break you are a foreigner you have not dog in this fight.

I absolutely have a dog in this fight.

You don't have convictions and views you just assume some.

I believe in the Constitution and in democracy and don't want to live in a country where both are abused.

Anyway people who are doing this are either fools or criminals without a slightest care for this country and for consequences of their actions.

I assure you that they do care, and they're not going to let this country fall into the hands of pseudo-nationalist bandits. Calling people "fools" and "criminals" is a splendid way to get them on the streets, by the way.

Stop flaming and playing games delph I know you don't care one way or the other as you are a typical p(..) you think is funny, you like to pretend.

But this isn't a game. This is very, very real.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Well, if PIS could win 66% of the seats in parliament, they could just change the constitution any time the TK says a PIS law breaks the constitution, so perhaps PIS should be given the chance to ask the people of Poland to vote on whether PIS should be given the power to change the constitution.

I entirely agree.

Having said that, given that the latest news is that the UAM University Senate has come out against Duda's actions, the pressure is growing and growing on him. Presidential elections might not be that far away...
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Works for me.

Would it work for PiS, though? Surely they would never risk a parliamentary majority in a second election or a referendum on the TK?
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

They are ....if they question right of the democratic majority to rule they are in fact questioning result of the election, it has been started by MP's who should known better but they don't.

No-one is questioning their right to govern, we're demanding that they stop breaking the Constitution and start respecting it. The attempts to destroy the Constitutional Tribunal are very, very obvious, and we won't stand for it.

Anyway, if this government falls because of massive street protests, then it will be their own fault.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Nope. The whole of Poland is with us. If PiS don't stop, then numbers will keep growing on the streets. Pretty simple, really.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Sure they are, I'm not talking about their pretext. In fact they are protesting against results. Questioning democracy.

No, they really aren't. Again, just because PiS spent 8 years questioning every result doesn't mean that the opposition is now questioning the result. It's exactly our faith in Polish democracy that causes us to defend it.

Don't worry Ironside, we're not going to let you win this one.