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"At the moment, I am against Ukraine's entry into the European Union," Polish President-elect Karol Nawrocki told Hungarian outlet Mandiner in an interview released on June 7.

"On the one hand, we must support Ukraine in its conflict with the Russian Federation, but Ukraine must understand that other countries, including Poland, Hungary, and other European countries, also have their own interests," he said.

Nawrocki won the second round of the Polish presidential election on June 1 with 50.89% of the vote. He has previously voiced opposition to Ukraine's membership in the EU and NATO, despite supporting Ukraine's sovereignty.

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[–] detren@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago

God I hate this Nazi kibol so much. Fuck Poland for electing him.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Traitorous shitbag.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 88 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This isn't Russia, just nationalism. The right in Poland doesn't want Ukrainian immigrants coming in and "taking polish jobs," especially since a lot of Ukrainians will want to leave their country that Russia destroyed.

Not everything has to be some 3d chess move by putin the puppet master. You're giving Russian diplomacy and spy craft far more credit than it deserves.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

This is Russia. Ukrainian immigrants are already here and have been here for decades. And the right wing party plays right into Russia's playbook and have been for a very long time. That's why this election had a record turnout and why it was so close. And even with that, it seems like there are plenty of "election errors" in cities where a specific location wrote numbers backwards - always in the benefit of Nawrocki and the loss of Trzaskowski. What's happening is a farce, plain and simple.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Until other European countries use this as an excuse to kick out polish workers and they'll complain about the lack of solidarity.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago

I'm fairly sure this is less "pro-Russia" and more "anti-large-new-devastated-member-causing-Poland-to-get-a-far-smaller-slice-of-the-EU-funds-pie".

While Law & Justice's [sic] tendencies overlap with Putin's a lot, IIRC they've been consistently anti-Russia, especially as it's a personal beef now since the party boss's brother was killed in the Smolensk air disaster, which he seems to blame on Putin.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 31 points 1 day ago

These right wing people seem to all be reading from Putin’s script.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't get me wrong; I fully support Ukraine.

But it's very different from EU countries and still has a long way to go according to the Copenhagen Criteria. 2 big reasons would be no active war or border conflict, and also a fair democracy. The war is obvious. The democracy is most likely not up to standards because of the Russian influence since 2014. So Ukraine would first have to clean house.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So when is Hungary getting kicked out?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Soon hopefully.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Russia is influencing all democracies

[–] Gudl@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago
[–] Vikthor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Does he even ha~~s~~ve a say? Doesn't Polish stance on Ukraine's entry depend on the government & parliament rather than the president?

[–] TaTTe@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As I understand, the president can still use his veto, forcing the question back to the parliament requiring 2/3 majority to overrule the veto.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah, but a veto of what in this case?

[–] TaTTe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Parliament would decide to ratify Ukraine's accession to the EU, but the official papers are signed by the president, so he could use his veto to block it.

The decision goes back to the Parliament, and if it passes with a 2/3 majority the president is forced to sign no matter what he thinks.

Again, I'm not 100% sure it works like this in Poland, but it does in several countries.

except that's not how the process of accepting countries into the eu works at all.

  1. not really
  2. yes

*have

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How is this news? This was literally an electoral point of his. Besides, it's the same position other nato members are taking, albeit hidden behind the "territorial integrity" excuse.

The actual news may be that, sadly, Poland these days is sliding into christian nationalism, just like the US.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not sure what to make of this guy. In this case I guess his animosity towards Russia is conflicting with his "sophisticated nationalism?" He is wanted by Russia because it's illegal in Russia to remove Soviet monuments in Poland. (lmao) But I guess if it doesn't help him build a turbo-Christian Poland then he doesn't want it... he's sorta stuck in the middle.

[–] Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Other countries, including Poland, Hungary and other European countries rather see Ukraine being pushed into Putins hand than join Europe and make our alliance stronger? Makes sense yeah...

[–] propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago

“On the one hand, we must support Ukraine in its conflict with the Russian Federation, but Ukraine must understand that other countries, including Poland, Hungary, and other European countries, also have their own interests,” he said.

Lol, shitbaggery never feels shame or remorse.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I wonder what Archie Bunker would think of this guy.

[–] dinren@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

And that’s the end of it.