Andrzej Duda: European solidarity is but a fairy tale fostered by Brussels

Poland's president delivered a scathing reproach to the EU's top bureaucrats in a recent interview.

Orchówek, 2023. szeptember 26. Andrzej Duda lengyel elnök (k) és Mariusz Kaminski belügyminiszter (b) a fehérorosz határ közelében fekvõ, kelet-lengyelországi Orchówek faluban lévõ határõrállomáson 2023. szeptember 26-án. Duda és Kaminski a Lengyelország fehéroroszországi határát védõ határõrökkel, katonákkal és rendõrökkel találkozott. Lengyelország, Litvánia és Lettország a fehéroroszországi határaikra nehezedõ migrációs nyomással küzd. MTI/EPA-PAP/Wojtek Jargilo Fotó: Wojtek Jargilo

Solidarity is but a fairy tale

President Duda recalled how, even back then, he asked Brussels what Poland should do with all those who do not wish to remain in Poland's territory? Should they be locked up?

Well, if we detain them against their will, it's certainly a violation of their rights. If we treat them as they ought to be treated, i.e. they remain free people who can go wherever they please, then most of them will immediately head for Western Europe, as that was their original destination, not Poland. And this brings us into instant conflict with the Western European countries that are shutting down their borders,

– the head of state said, recalling that the last element of the so-called Migration and Asylum Pact was adopted at a recent meeting of EU ambassadors in Brussels. Poland and Hungary opposed the vote, while Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria abstained.

This is the so-called emergency regulation, and the decision paves the way for negotiations with the European Parliament regarding the final shape of the new rules. Poland has opposed the provisions of the asylum and migration pact from the get go. Warsaw considers the proposed scheme of mandatory solidarity based only on de facto resettlements and financial sanctions for the non-admission of migrants as totally inappropriate.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski: The Left is just floundering

The Polish government will never bend to Brussels' will regarding the migration package and, so long as the Law and Justice (PiS) party is in government, Poles cannot be forced to accept illegal migrants. This has been reiterated by PiS chief Jaroslaw Kaczynski at a recent party gathering. 

#Lublin jest moc‼️

Prezes Jarosław Kaczyński jest już z nami!@pisorgpl #BezpiecznaPrzyszłośćPolaków pic.twitter.com/Re98KY0mj4

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 Mr Kaczynski emphasized that the Left, led by ex-PM Donald Tusk, tries to embellish and distort reality.

The other side is simply floundering on this issue, and refusing to tell the truth. And the truth, put simply, is that they are submitting themselves to whatever they're told. This is their nature, it's in their genes. Because I think it's a part of their genetics, that slavery is in them, in their minds, in their hearts.

– the PiS chief explained. He also pointed out that no one can avoid the consequences of the migration crisis. He says he believes that the situation today is worse than it was in 2015, when the first big wave of migration took place.

🇵🇱 #Lublin | 💬 Prezes #PiS Jarosław #Kaczyński: Platforma Obywatelska jest partią zewnętrzną, która reprezentuje w Polsce interes niemiecki, a ponieważ niemiecki to także w jakiejś mierze przynajmniej rosyjski. #wieszwięcej pic.twitter.com/ctv73F28mS

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Cover photo: Polish President Andrzej Duda (Photo: MTI/EPA-PAP/Wojtek Jargilo)