EU Uneasy with Poland's Move to Right

NPR ^ | 02.19.06 | Rachel Martin

[Coleus]

EU Uneasy with Poland's Move to Right

by Rachel Martin 

Weekend Edition Sunday, February 19, 2006 · Poland's new conservative government intends to clean up corruption and re-instill moral values in Polish society. The cultural shift is already causing waves in the European Union.

Warsaw. Ruling Conservatives in Poland reached an agreement to form a coalition with Populist formation Samoobrona and ultra catholic extreme-rightist party League of Polish Families (LPF), French newspaper Le Figaro reads today.

The agreement eliminates the risk of new parliamentary elections only four months after the last vote.
Government of Conservative Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz was in a very difficult situation because there was no parliamentary majority formed…

“The coalition will help strengthen Polish position in view of the other countries”, Conservative Party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski stated. “The protection of our national interests will be on everyday’s agenda and our partners must know this”.

This remark comes at a point when the disagreements between Poland and EU have deepened. On Monday the country used its right to veto in EU to stop changes in VAT, the newspaper notes.

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[Coleus]

Click on the link, and then click on "listen" to hear the full story.

[Mr. Mojo]

Poland's new conservative government intends to clean up corruption and re-instill moral values

No wonder the EU is uneasy...

[Aussie Dasher]

The EU is as bad as the UN. To hell with both of them!

[The_Victor]

EU Uneasy with Poland's Move to Right

Well boo-frickin-hoo

[Unam Sanctam]

The EU apparently doesn't allow democratic decisionmaking in democracies, at least it the result is conservative.

[A. Pole]

EU Uneasy bump

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Best thing Poland can do for its long term future is pull out of the EU.

[RJL]

EU Uneasy with Poland's Move to Right Friendship with the USA.

This is what they really mean.

[goldstategop]

No more Polish jokes, please. Anything that upsets the EU Lefties is my cup of tea!

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[GarySpFc]

Poland's new conservative government intends to clean up corruption and re-instill moral values in Polish society. The cultural shift is already causing waves in the European Union.

God will bless Poland for this move, and my hat is off to them.

[Romanov]

Don't let the rats in the EU keep you down. This is a good move!

[Romanov]

You NAILED it - that's EXACTLY what they mean!!

[pierrem15]

"ultra catholic extreme-rightist party League of Polish Families"

Nope, no bias there!

The might have just as well written, "the running dogs of Papal imperialism," just so Poles could wax nostalgic over the good old days of the Rzeczpospolita Ludowa.

Our tax dollars at work!

[BW2221]

NPR is the U.S. version of Al_jazura (sp?) and unfortunately we support it.

[fatima]

I thought Poland was to the right?

[Wiz]

At least there is still hope for it, with more toward-right government of Eastern Europe joins. This should push the organization toward the right or at least to the center, that will force West European countries to compromise on certain issues, with less friction with US interests.

[spanalot]

Poland was the center of Western Enlightenment for some time and I guess it is heading that way again.