News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 23 [558]


I am just pointing out what Trump has actually done on Ukraine/Russia. I am sorry if that doesn't align with your wishful thinking.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 23 [558]


If Putin is losing, it is despite the big break he caught when Trump was elected, not because of it.

Trump has done nothing but undermine Ukraine's position since he got reelected. Conceding positions like Ukraine's NATO membership before negotiations even started. Halting weapon shipments and intel sharing. Trying to blackmail Ukraine into a exploitative minerals deal.

Trump started a trade war with Ukraine's supporters, yet refused to implement sanctions against Russia.

Even now, while Ukraine is being hit daily by Russian drones and missiles, he still drags his feet on supplying Ukraine with air defence systems even when other countries are offering to pay for them.

Yeah I am sure, this man would have bombed Moscow on Ukraine's behalf... .

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 23 [558]


Correlation does not equal causation. Might as well argue that Putin feared Merkel and only invaded Ukraine once she was gone. Which would be just as absurd.

Trump has so far shown now willingness to even remotely confront Putin on any issue, let alone Ukraine. The idea that the same man who sided openly with Putin over his own intelligence agencies would have credibly threatened Russia is simply ridiculous.

Whatever his faults, Ukraine and Europe were incredibly fortunate that Biden was elected. Trump would have abandoned Ukraine immediately after the Russian invasion, that much should be clear by now.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


I'd say it was spot on.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


Because they seem to believe that Germany will just take them off their hands? Merz has now made it clear that this is no longer the case. Again, something I thought Poland wanted all along?


It does. European law couldn't be clearer on that matter. The EU country on which a refugee first sets foot in, is responsible for registering him and processing his asylum application. If the refugee leaves, the EU in which he was registered in has to take him back.


You mean they know European law and are aware how countries should follow it?


Those who came under Merkel? Sure. But hardly anyone who arrives ad finitum. Merz is now doing what Poland wanted Merkel to do all along. Except now those refugees are no longer exclusively arriving through Southern Europe.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


I am just stating facts here. Germany is surrounded by EU countries (and Switzerland, another safe country). If refugees are still arriving per land in large numbers, they can only do so because the neighbouring countries are allowing them to do so.


Not really. It is easy to blame Poland here because that is Poland's responsibility. Any state with a non-EU border is required to register and process all arriving refugees and take back any that have made it through according to EU law. Not only has Poland waved refugees through, it has also refused in many cases to take those refugees back that came via Poland.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


Dublin predates Merkel.


Our government is doing both now as they should.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


Taking their finger prints would be a good start. Once Poland actually follows its' obligations and there are still problems, we can think of other measures.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


Register them and process their asylum application. Once they are in the system, they can be sent back whenever they make their way to Germany.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


Two things to consider here.

1) It is far from certain that Germany is breaking EU law here. There are conditions under which border controles and e.g. suspending Dublin are perfectly legal per EU law. The German government argues that those conditions are met. The European courts will have the final say on the matter, we will know how things stand in 1-2 years.

2) We are in the current situation because Germany's neighbours - including Poland - have been systematically breaking EU law. Per EU law, Poland is responsible for any refugee that crosses the border from Belarus, not Germany. That Poland is instead of processing their asylum application is instead waving them through and even refuses to take them back afterwards is in clear violation of Dublin and has now led to the German reaction.


Is she still chancellor? The new German government has made it clear that her refugee policy is no longer applied. Something I thought most people in Poland would welcome?

I suppose now that those migrants are no longer exclusively arriving from Southern Europe, this might have changed.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


Why would Germans have an issue with that? As long as Poland takes the migrants who have been caught at the Polish-German border back all the better.

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]


Poland has introduced border controles at the Polish-Lithuanian border. Is Poland undermining Lithuania's legitimacy?

News / Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania [89]

What hypocrisy on the Polish side. For years various Polish governments have claimed that Germany's decision to not controle its' borders was the reason why so many migrants were coming to Europe.

Now that Germany is controlling its' borders they are still unhappy because now the realization sets in that they can no longer wave migrants through to Germany, but may actually be stuck with those arrivals.

I suppose the silver lining here is the decision to controle the borders to Lithuania will also mean that fewer migrants will come through this route.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 23 [558]

Or maybe they may have just bribed some Germans to do that?

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 23 [558]

It is really incredible that some people still bring up that long-debunked "BJ talked Ukraine out of a deal in Istanbul".

As if the Ukrainians needed someone else to point out that e.g. reducing the Ukrainian army to 90k soldiers was completely unacceptable... .

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]

You need help.

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]


And if their prefered candidate doesn't win, they'll just falsify the elections like they did in 2009.

And that is for the presidential office, which has very little actual power.

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]


This kind of rhetoric is really the problem.


Can't wait to see which party they would support.


* Looks at the president-elect, a self-confessed former hooligan.

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

The political discourse in Poland has really been poisened by PiS in the last 10 years... .

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [1032]

Austria has very liberal gun laws by European standards. Will be interesting see how they react to this tragedy.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


He wouldn't, because he has followed Macron's initiatives so far, in the full knowledge of the limits that he can do himself.

I get it, you don't like Macron, but look at it objectively. He is now the longest serving leader of a mayor European country, in charge of the most powerful European army, and he has made the European deterrence against Russia his priority, to the extent that there are now talks about a French nuclear umbrella for the rest of Europe. He is currently setting the agenda for Europe.

More: https://polishforums.com/news/poland-karol-nawrocki-new-president-88922/

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

All jokes and domestic issues aside, Macron is currently leading the European effort to deal with Putin and Trump. Closer cooperation with Poland would have been an important part of this plan.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

Shame. Poland had the chance to elect a president who would have allowed Tusk to undo the damage PiS has done to the country. Now he goes into rest of his term greatly weakened, and this will also affect Poland' a role im Europe. Just when one hoped that Poland could finally wield the influence it deserved.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1303]

Maybe you should create a dedicated thread for discussions about Israel/Palestine?

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


Governments who actually take the threat of climate change seriously?

Musk has helped brought a government into power that is now hell-bent on undoing the progress the previous government has achieved on this front.

In Europe he is giving voice to parties that embrace climate change denial.

He is creating more problems to those who try fighting climate change than he contributes to its' resolution

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


From the provided article

Germany is not alone. According to the latest EU monitoring, published last week, the outlook remains positive in Europe for most crops. But drought concerns stretch across Central and Eastern Europe breadbaskets.

In Poland, where 13% of EU cereals were harvested in 2024, experts see "cause for a degree of concern." The country has seen significantly reduced precipitation and warmer-than-average temperatures this spring, leaving riverbeds and soils visibly parched.

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]

It is even happening on our side of the sea.

Farmer vs. sand: Spain's fight against desertification

If climate change models are correct, much of the country's fertile land could transform into desert.

politico.eu/article/farmer-sand-spain-fight-against-desertification-soil-degradation/

Parts of Spain, Southern France and Italy. All regions that produce a lot of food, all threatened by Climate change.

We have had an unusual warm amd dry May this year in Central Europe (following several unusual dry years in this decade).

Drought fears for grains growing season mount in Central Europe

euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/drought-fears-for-grains-growing-season-mount-in-central-europe/

We are fortunate to live in a region which is likely to stay somewhat stable for people to survive there. But one can imagine that if Central Europe is becoming increasingly dry, how bad things will be in Africa and thr ME... .

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


Yep.

India and Pakistan's Water Wars Are Just Beginning

bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-27/india-and-pakistan-shift-from-kashmir-to-water-wars


Which region are you talking about? When we talk about a region becoming inhospitable, we are not talking about there possibly being more crimes, rising rents and strains on the infrastructure. We are talking about people having to leave because there is not enough water and food there to survive.

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


I'd rather see it goes on with us.

There is no way to stop man made climate at this point. All we can do is to midigate the consequences by keeping it at a manageable level. Which is still going to take a lot of effort.

Something to keep in mind. The refugee situation right now will look downright trivial if large parts of the Middle East and Africa end up inhospitable due to climate change.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1303]


The radicals in the AfD purged every moderate who tried to reign them in. Afterwards they purged those less-radicals in leadership position who wanted to keep them somewhat respecteable. Frauke Petry and Meuthen fell victim to the plots of their fellow party members, not from some outsiders. Petry tried to exclude of Höcke from the party, and ended up forced out herself. The AfD didn't start promoting those extreme positions because they were "mocked" or "ridiculed" but because they elected officials who shared them. That is their responsibility.