Poland in the second league. We confirm the worst stereotypes about us

Polish past is simply a past of lost opportunities. "If only Jagiełło went to Malbork". "If only Zygmunt III Vasa allowed his boy to take the Moscow throne". "If only there had been a preventative war with Hitler".

The evidence between the politicians of the government and representatives of the president is part of another centuries-old tradition of “wise Pole after harm”. erstwhile it turned out that the summit was a success and it was better to be there, it began to decision the ball, whether it was a format for the Prime Minister or for the President. Admirable courtesy!

More seriously, Tusk He's besides mean to Trump, and Nawrocks besides meaningless to bother inviting them. besides from the point of view of Europeans or Ukrainians Poland at this table was simply unnecessary. And this is definitely worse news than conventional pushovers between a "big" and a "small" palace.

Donald is simply a memorable beast. It's actual about both Trump and Tusk. Both have amazingly thin skin, the difference is that Trump doesn't hide it, and Tusk doesn't carry

Personal threads

Nawrocks He late became president And he hasn't earned anything peculiar yet. To Trump, he is an ideological ally and proves that he has been betting on a “black horse” – that his support counts – which can be pleasant to the President’s ego USA.

On the another hand, there is no reason to treat Nawrocki personally. The president of Poland cannot “settle him anything”. On specifics, the U.S. has to deal with an unpopular government anyway. Trump Nawrocki can wave, he can take a image with him, but he won't invitation him to a serious conference.

Besides, Nawrocki inactive has a gathering with Trump on September 3rd. And at a table with leading European leaders, it would look a small out of place. And he'd be in danger of an effective accident at a crucial moment. And why would he want that?

Donald is simply a memorable beast. It's actual about both Trump and Tusk. Both have amazingly thin skin, the difference is Trump doesn't hide it, and Tusk doesn't flaunt it. I think it's the only 1 too the name, the resemblance between them.

Whether in sensitivity, interests or moral reflexes are complete opposites. To flatter individual like Trump would be to Tusk, raised in the story of the U.S. and Western, aesthetically undigestible. That's why Trump had to stand up to him – due to the fact that submission is simply a sign of weakness. And now he pays the price.

Was this reasonable for European and Polish interests, a deep dependence on US security? Nope. Is it psychologically understandable, besides from an interior policy point of view, that Trump actively supports anti-European populists? Yeah.

A dictatorship of social sentiments

The measurement of the size of political elites in a democratic country is to go against the tide of public opinion. Sounds paradoxical. What do you mean, go against the will and opinion of the majority in democracy? Yeah. due to the fact that our strategy is simply a democratic republic, not a cool (still), or a crowd rule.

We have representatives elected for circumstantial terms to make decisions on our behalf, but not under our dictates. The settlement will come as a package, at the end of the term, in subsequent elections alternatively than in the current SMS vote. Remember the past lesson, the seismic instructions, the binding members of the Parliament? This is not the way to run things smoothly.

Foreign policy is simply a fundamental component of the state's rationale. It is the interest of the country as a whole, without organization colors. The reason for the state is to keep Poland's independency and guarantee its economical and civilizational development. Hence presence in NATO and European Union. The supraparty consensus that led us there seems to have come from another political era.

Today, the Polish state's rationale is to defend and build interior resilience to possible crises. And it is supporting Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor and maintaining itself in the main European current, influencing the most crucial decisions that, even erstwhile they are made without us, concern us.

Unfortunately, the speech is present determined by anti-intellectual and primitive populism: understood as flattering what is temporarily considered an expression of public opinion or at least the part of it that seems essential to win elections. If the far right is looking for migrants, we'll be anti-immigration. If they scare GermanyWe'll be anti-German. If Ukraine's aid is out of fashion, we'll be billing them.

This approach is politically short-sighted and contradicts the Polish state's rationale. The elector will inactive choose the first above the fake, while the discourse moves inevitably towards radicals, making rational decisions even more difficult.

Absent leadership

PiS led an highly anti-European policy leading to the isolation and marginalization of Poland. Its symbol was a failure of 27:1 in voting on the second word (for a Pole!) as the boss European Council, and the effect of adopting the Green Deal and losing funds from the KPO. But the shadow of this instinctive reasoning floats besides over the current government, which as if it did not realize that the nationalists would strike at it "bat always finds themselves" and that the only chance is to convince the public to their own rations.

If Poland could take a leadership function in the European Union and in safety policy, then it could not be overlooked in Washington. Convinced by the electoral interest, unilateral declarations that Poland will not send troops to Ukraine – not to fight, but to prevent war after the truce, not alone, but with allies – have negative consequences today. These soldiers may never find Ukraine. But these unsent, declaratively, troops are present charging our bill in relations with another European countries, which were prepared to take specified political risks.

We have adopted the possible of strengthening our own security. Good. But erstwhile we do it in a selfish format, it doesn't build our position in relations with allies. Falling from extremes to extremes: from giving everything to Ukraine, to taking everything for himself, does not make an image of a liable state, guided by the calculation of interests in relation to the possibility, but 1 whose policy is driven by momentary moods.

No consequences, no continuity, no rationality. We confirm all the worst stereotypes about us.

Poland, alternatively of discounting present years of engagement in the war on the side of Ukraine, goes back to the second league of countries that do not have the chance to participate in the conversation about their fundamental interests.

The position of the country is not determined by the number of tanks owned. But besides the ability to lead a thoughtful political game. To form public opinion, not only to follow it. If we behave like children, so will we.

And the children, as we know, have no voice at the table of adults.

Leszek Jażdżewski