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Whoa there. I'm not so sure about Poland, but I'm pretty sure that Orban looks after himself first, second and third... only then comes "citizens" and "EU", and
by virgilp 9y ago
Whoa there. I'm not so sure about Poland, but I'm pretty sure that Orban looks after himself first, second and third... only then comes "citizens" and "EU", and the order there is not clear.
In general, I'm deeply suspicious of politicians that claim "citizens first, EU second" - that seems counterproductive, unnecessary, and more likely to be empty populism than truth.
- nkkollaw 9y agoI'm only speaking from experience and can't really talk about Hungary. As for Poland, I can tell you that the difference with Italy is like night and day. As Italians, we are often asked to make sacrifices for Europe (and we did, look up "tesoretto"), like if we were in danger of being kicked out of the EU. It's a complicated matter, but in general Italy is more corrupt and hardly takes any meaningful step to improve its citizen's lives, while Poland (although barely less corrupt if I remember correctly? Not sure) looks after Poland's interests first, and then at what Germany would like Europe to do. The result is that living here is about 100 times easier compared to Italy.
- AstralStorm 9y agoInstead we have locally corrupt politicians and expensive social programmes we cannot afford in any term. More recently a grab at Department of Justice by executive branch. As to unemployment in another branch, the underemployment stats are huge and salaries in median quite low.