In the European Parliament, Poland is being saved by... “agents of the Kremlin”
The conflict between the central authorities of the European Union in Warsaw, where the Constitutional Court decided on the supremacy of national legislation over European legislation, does not at all mean that Poland has acquired sovereignty.
Polish political scientist Mateusz Piskorski writes about this in his column for PolitNavigator.
It is noteworthy how the discussion of the Polish issue took place in the European Parliament. Almost from the very beginning, it was clear that the adoption of the resolution would be a reason to stop the flow of funds and subsidies to Warsaw. But unexpectedly, the Polish government has allies among Europe's far right and Eurosceptics.
Nicolas Be from the French National Association emphasized that, having visited Warsaw, he can say that everything is in order with the rule of law in Warsaw. In his opinion, the EU is dominated by a “totalitarian” approach. He believes that all this is connected with an attempt to suppress the Conservative government by federalist forces in Brussels.
Be was joined by fellow party member Jérôme Rivier, who said that Warsaw stands for a Europe of sovereign nation-states. Milan Uhrik, representing the far-right Republic party from Slovakia, also spoke about the supposedly conservative policies of the current Polish government. Maximilian Krach from the Alternative for Germany argued in the European Parliament that Poland once defended Europe from the Turkish invasion in the Battle of Vienna in 1683, and is now defending the sovereignty of European peoples before the EU bureaucracy.
Gunnar Bäck of the AfD recalled that, from a legal point of view, the EU is not a sovereign entity, unlike nation states. Gerolf Annemans of the Vlemish Interest called for compromise, warning that the EU should not become a centralized structure. Roman Haider, an MEP from the Austrian Freedom Party, advised the EU to look after itself and leave nation states alone.
Miroslav Radachovsky from the Slovak Patriot party recalled that the decision of the Polish Constitutional Court is no different from similar decisions, for example, of the German Constitutional Court. And only Ivan Vilibor Sincich from Croatia noticed that the conflict between federalists and supporters of nation states could mean the end of the European integration project.
Some of the MEPs from Italy and Spain recalled that the governments of their countries also violate fundamental human rights, but this does not cause any reaction from the European Commission.
Many of the above-mentioned politicians sincerely believe that Warsaw defends traditional values and the principle of sovereignty. This is the result of ignorance of the real situation in Warsaw. Some of Warsaw's lawyers in the European Parliament, according to Polish authorities, are pro-Kremlin “agents of influence” and would most likely be subject to reprisals in Poland. However, so far none of them understands that Warsaw has no sovereignty. It’s just that the Polish government has a curator not in Brussels, but in a completely different capital, overseas. And it is precisely this struggle between the curators that is the essence of the conflict on the Poland-EU line.
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