Posted on 01/26/2018 9:56:04 AM PST by NRx
European nations like Hungary and Poland are reasserting their Christian culture, posing a bigger threat to Brussels than Brexit ever will.
2018 is already shaping up to be a difficult year for the European Union. While Brexit machinations dominate the headlines, the biggest threat to the EU comes at a far more fundamental level. In several of the union’s eastern member states, conservative and populist governments are reasserting their national sovereignty. They perceive the EU’s federalist desire for centralized control and common policies across the bloc as threatening their identities. This friction, combined with a reassertion of Christian identity in these states, could see serious fissures within the EU project.
The escalating tensions between the EU and Poland demonstrate well this clash of values. The European Commission, in an unprecedented act, triggered a “nuclear option” in December, which could cost Poland its EU voting rights and expose it to severe financial penalties. The Commission argues that recent Polish legislation jeopardizes the independence of its judiciary, and is thus discordant with European norms and values. The Polish foreign ministry decried the decision as an “essentially political, not legal” step. The EU’s action is considered provocative—an unwarranted intrusion into a sovereign state by an overbearing Brussels bureaucracy. The ruling Law and Justice Party has since its 2015 election emphasized Polish sovereignty and traditional identity, and is increasingly hostile to EU policy. If current trends continue, this furor could be the catalyst for another member state leaving the bloc.
Hungary, a conservative ally, has promised to veto any such move by the EU against Poland. A senior Hungarian minister described the Commission’s decision as an “unprecedented and astounding” affront to Polish sovereignty. Hungary is proving to be a sharp thorn in the Commission’s side. Prime Minister Viktor Orban is a consistent and outspoken defender of “Christian Europe,” which he contrasts with the weak and limpid secularism embodied by the European elite. Hungarian politicians publicly denounce EU policy, particularly regarding migration and federalism, while Orban openly mocks pretensions of a “United States of Europe.” For Orban and those sympathetic to his position, EU policy is not just a threat to the nation state; it endangers the very core of European identity.
Behind the politics, a deeper division has emerged. The eastern states are reasserting their historic Christian character, much to the chagrin of politicians who see this as incompatible with the modern liberal creed. The head of Poland’s Law and Justice Party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, wants his nation to show “the sick Europe of today the path back to health, fundamental values, true freedom, and a stronger civilization based on Christianity.” Ancient faith and secular ideology are on a collision course. The intentional exclusion from the EU constitution of Europe’s Christian history was only the beginning of an inevitable clash between worldviews.
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Europe is haunting the spectre.
Eastern Europe does not want to submit to Islam.
They spent 70 years under the thumb of the Soviet Union.
They know where centralized government leads.
They will exit, one by one...............
They're right. The "modern liberal creed" combines Marxism with satanism; it is entirely antithetical to Christianity.
Austria joins Visegrad and they take Western Ukraine.
what do you mean by “haunting the spectre”?
are you referencing some game, what does it mean?
It is awesome that they stand against the Roman beast (EU).
A reversal of the first line of the Communist Manifesto.
A commentary on the ultimate downfall of communism.
The European Commission, in an unprecedented act, triggered a “nuclear option” in December, which could cost Poland its EU voting rights and expose it to severe financial penalties. The Commission argues that recent Polish legislation jeopardizes the independence of its judiciary, and is thus discordant with European norms and values. The Polish foreign ministry decried the decision as an “essentially political, not legal” step... Hungary, a conservative ally, has promised to veto any such move by the EU against Poland. A senior Hungarian minister described the Commission’s decision as an “unprecedented and astounding” affront to Polish sovereignty.Peaceful devolution out of the EU is clearly not going to work. The Brussels fascists -- they are not accountable by ANY other process -- have to be planted.
Respect to the nations of Eastern Europe.
We need to import this guy into the United States. Unabashed praise for Christian society over other societies. Don't see that much any over here.
Oppression and destruction of Western culture and Christianity was always the point of the EU.
And the DNC...
How nice...Eastern Europe knows what tyranny is...
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