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Far right? If you think the ruling party in Poland is far right, then I'm sorry, but your scale is off. People throw that term around very loosely. There is mu

Far right? If you think the ruling party in Poland is far right, then I'm sorry, but your scale is off. People throw that term around very loosely. There is much to disagree with (for instance, they're too etatist for my taste, but then, Europe is generally too etatist), but far right is just a slur used against those that oppose the (Franco-)German imperialist status quo. Mind you, the ruling party of Poland is pro-EU in general.

nabla9 7y ago
I accept the criticism. The leading party in Poland, Law and Justice party, is right-wing populist, not far-right populist. They formed a coalition with far-right party that has moved little bit away from the far-right. Right-wing populist parties also erode the laws and norms just as far-right. The willingness of Law and Justice party to move together with far-right for support when they need it is problematic. The main difference in their foreign politics is Russia. Poland was so heavily inoculated against Russia during the WWII that you get nowhere if you go with Russia. Both are eroding the rules and norms of their countries.
- liaukovv 7y ago
  All parties erode laws, thats their raison d'être. Its just when the party you support does it you call it progress.
  - Twixes 7y ago
    The previous center coalition that had ruled Poland for 8 years was pretty bad, but they did nowhere near the damage to rule of law as is being done now by right-wing populists (crippling the judiciary, outright propaganda in state TV, open oppression of minorities such as LGBT people).
Twixes 7y ago
The current ruling coalition of Poland is pro-EU funds only, these notwithstanding they are always sure to blame Brussels for every woe and go out of their way to please Washington instead of integrating with Europe. They're also hard at work trying to make Poland the European outlier ,often even more so than Hungary –the infamous 27:1 European Council president vote comes to mind, more recently the 2050 climate target agreement.

nabla9 7y ago

I accept the criticism. The leading party in Poland, Law and Justice party, is right-wing populist, not far-right populist. They formed a coalition with far-right party that has moved little bit away from the far-right. Right-wing populist parties also erode the laws and norms just as far-right. The willingness of Law and Justice party to move together with far-right for support when they need it is problematic. The main difference in their foreign politics is Russia. Poland was so heavily inoculated against Russia during the WWII that you get nowhere if you go with Russia. Both are eroding the rules and norms of their countries.

liaukovv 7y ago
All parties erode laws, thats their raison d'être. Its just when the party you support does it you call it progress.
- Twixes 7y ago
  The previous center coalition that had ruled Poland for 8 years was pretty bad, but they did nowhere near the damage to rule of law as is being done now by right-wing populists (crippling the judiciary, outright propaganda in state TV, open oppression of minorities such as LGBT people).

Twixes 7y ago

The current ruling coalition of Poland is pro-EU funds only, these notwithstanding they are always sure to blame Brussels for every woe and go out of their way to please Washington instead of integrating with Europe. They're also hard at work trying to make Poland the European outlier ,often even more so than Hungary –the infamous 27:1 European Council president vote comes to mind, more recently the 2050 climate target agreement.