Polish thought Information Service 17.12.2025.
Poland. A fresh number came out today. Polish Thoughts (51-52, 21-28.12.2025). Among another things, the editor’s account Łukasz Jastrzębski from a conference on 80th anniversary of the return of Western lands to Poland. Prof. Stanislaw Bielen “Treatys are like virgins and roses” and Prof. Witold Modzelewski asks if "It's time to go to the winners' side (meaning USA and Russia)?".
Poland. The ABW detained 19-year-old student of the Catholic People's University (CUL) Matthew W., who had already heard the charge of preparing for a terrorist attack. The man was planning a mass assassination with explosives at 1 of the Christmas fairs. peculiar Services Coordinator Jacek Dobrzyński He wrote that the man had besides planned to join a terrorist organization in order to get assistance in the implementation of the intended actions. The intent of the crime was to intimidate many people, as well as to support the muslim State.
Poland. German troops in Poland. Operation Shield East lasts from May 2024 and includes a border belt with Belarus and Russia. According to the spokesperson for the German Ministry of Defence in an interview with “Bild”, Berlin plans to send dozens of soldiers of land troops and support to Poland to handle engineering work. The plans were besides addressed by the German side in the context of strengthening the east flank of NATO. The German side says that soldiers would build trenches, stack barbed wire and make anti-tank barriers. Exit does not require approval from the Bundestagbecause it is not accompanied by a direct hazard to staff.
Poland. Minister for Finance and economical Affairs Andrzej Domański, addressed to central institutions, including ministries, a letter in which it calls for uncovering a savings field or blocking expenditure.
Poland. The Head of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration reported that the passport of the erstwhile Head of the Ministry of Justice Ziobry’s Bitter it's been cancelled. The decision was made by the Mazovian voivode, Mariusz Frankowskiat the request of the National Prosecutor's Office.
European Union. The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted enhanced safeguard clause for the EU trade agreement with Mercosur countries. This is intended to let the block to respond more rapidly if prices of products specified as beef and eggs fall due to imports from Mercosur countries. Jan Wróblewski au Polish thought Club He wrote: "Here we request to paraphrase Stefan Kisielewski – the European Union fights bravely against the problems which it is backing itself".
European Union/United States. Concern in Brussels. According to the Washington Post, The Pentagon is preparing plans to importantly lower the rank of a number of regional commanders, including the European Command. According to a plan prepared under the supervision of the Chair of the College of Joint Chiefs of Staff of General Dan Caine, the Commands liable for Europe (EUCOM), Africa (AFRICOM) and the mediate East (CENTCOM) are to be subject to a fresh chief of staff structure – global Command.
United States/European Union. Another serious sound on the US-EU line. The United States Trade typical Office has accused the European Union of discriminating US companies. A message issued on Tuesday warned that in consequence the US could impose restrictions on European service providers. According to the Bureau, if the EU and its associate States proceed their policies to limit the competitiveness of American companies, the United States can search the remedies available. As the fresh York Times wrote, “American authorities have long been frustrated by the function of the European Union as the most aggressive regulator of the technology manufacture in the world”.
United States. Emissaries of the president of the United States Donald Trump Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are convinced that the Kremlin will accept the peace guarantees for Ukraine and that trade agreements with Russia will become another link to these guarantees. “The Economist” commented on the surprise of any analysts regarding the U.S.'s relation to Russia: “there is no specified thing as permanent allies or permanent enemies.”
United States. president of the United States Donald Trump Announces Venezuela's naval blockade. The case concerns tankers. The president of the United States wrote: "I am ordering the introduction of a complete and complete blockade concerning all sanctioned tankers headed for and leaving Venezuela." Trump announces that the grouping of U.S. ships in the Venezuelan region will be “only bigger” and “the shock that Venezuela will experience will not be comparable to anything that has happened before.” The president of the United States adds that it will so until Venezuela “returns all oil, land and another assets that it had previously stolen from them”. Venezuelan authorities powerfully criticized the oil tanker blockade announced by US president Donald Trump. The Communication calls it an "irrational" and "grotesque threat".
United States. "The Economist" points out that the promises made by the US to supply safety guarantees to Ukraine in line with Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty "are increasingly little and little in a planet where the attachment of America to NATO itself is unclear".
United States. erstwhile US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder“There is no way Vladimir Putin accept safety guarantees or presence. NATO in Ukraine". According to him, the U.S. peace talks delegation's procedures are attempts to delight Donald Trumpnot getting a real deal.
Russian Federation. Moscow with a clear message. Russia will not accept any rotten compromise on occupied territories in Ukraine, said Deputy Minister for abroad Affairs Sergei Riabkov. He stated that Moscow had not reduced its demands and wants to keep control of 5 regions: Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozh and Cherson.
Ukraine. The approach to Ukraine is changing. 45% of Germans are in favour of limiting aidand only 20% request an increase. We France 37% of respondents besides want to reduce support, while 24% support its growth. The Anglo-Saxon societies – large Britain, Canada and the USA – are in favour of expanding aid to Ukraine.
Ukraine. “To Things” reports that Ukraine would like a ceasefire for Christmas. Leader of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski reported that Kiev supports the thought of ceasefire during Christmas. This is peculiarly about the ceasefire of attacks on energy infrastructure. spokesperson for the Kremlin Dmitri Doskov He said that Russia would most likely not join specified a truce if Ukraine focused "on short-term, impracticable solutions alternatively than on a lasting agreement". Dmitri Pieskov stated that Moscow is pursuing what he calls a "room on its own terms". According to the Russian authorities, any suspended weapons would give Ukraine time to regroup and prepare for further action on the front.
The Netherlands. Leader of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski stated in The Hague on Tuesday that Russia must be held liable for the "crime of aggression" against Ukraine. His speech was preceded by a conference on appointment International Commission on Claims for Ukraine. Zelenski spoke before the conference on the appointment of an global commission to verify war losses and damages claims against Russia. The Netherlands will be the seat of the committee – informed the head of Dutch diplomacy David van Weel, stressing that its task will primarily be to establish and confirm claims, without guaranteeing their subsequent payment. Experts stress that this is simply a bad decision during peace talks.
Germans. Sovereigns from Alternatives to Germany (AfD) First place in the polls. AfD supports 26% of respondents. Right behind it was the Chadetic CDU/CSU block with a consequence of 25% The following positions included the SPD 14% and the Greens and Left, which were supported by 10.5% of respondents.
Germans. According to a published survey by the Institute of Insa for ‘Bilda’, Alice Weidel of the AfD organization is the most popular female politician in Germany. In the general ranking of politicians ranks fifth. These results illustrate the emergence in the importance of the Weidel Sovereign on the German political stage.
Germany. Roderich Kiesewetter with the CDU warns that Russia maintains in Belarus 2 corps counting up to 350-360 000 soldiers. According to him, the next 2 years 2026 and 2027 will be critical. He claims that to survive, the West must show its defence capacity and not intimidate its own societies, but educate them about possible threats.
Germans. 5 men were arrested to attack the German Christmas Fair in the Dingolfing-Landau territory of confederate Bavaria, northeast of Munich. The men planned to drive a vehicle into the crowds at the fair. Suspects – 3 Moroccan citizens aged 22, 28 and 30, 56-year-old Egyptian and 37-year-old Syrian – were arrested.
Serbia. Experts indicate that Serbia is moving distant from the European Union. president of Serbia Aleksandar Vuscić acknowledged in a WBS interview that Belgrade would not send its typical to the EU-Western Balkans Summit held in Brussels for the first time in more than a decade. Vuchic stated: “I know that this decision will meet with criticism, both in Brussels and in those who always criticise, even if they do not know precisely what. However, I believe that this is how I defend the Republic of Serbia and its interests."
Serbia. president Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner He withdrew from plans to build an exclusive complex in Belgrade, which would stand in the area destroyed during NATO raids of the erstwhile office of the General Staff of the Yugoslavia Army. president of Serbia Alexandar Vučić The work for this decision was borne by the Serbian prosecution and student communities. The president doesn't hide his grief.
Hungary. Hungarian press reports that Prime Minister Viktor Orban turned to Vladimir Putin, asking about Russia's reaction to the possible usage of frozen Russian assets by the EU. He was to receive the following response, as quoted, among another things, by the weekly weekly "Mandinner": "We will respond decisively, but we will take into account who and how will vote at the EU summit".
Canada. Canada recorded a evidence number of alleged euthanasia. 16,499 were killed in 2024. Euthanasia, besides called “assisted suicide”, is the origin of 5.1% of all deaths in Canada.
Mexico. president of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum She powerfully opposed the US President's plans Donald Trump concerning military intervention in the fight against drug smugglers. She stressed that specified a step would be a violation of Mexico's sovereignty.
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