'I am against Ukraine's entry into the European Union,' Polish president-elect Nawrocki says
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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.
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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.
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.
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Thanks for linking those. I can tell you that most people that know English as a first language have very little to no knowledge about the history between Poland and Ukraine. Like many things in the international world, it's very complicated. But now I understand it a little better. I would agree that Poland is under no obligation to support a government that can't seem to separate it's independence from fascist leaders of the past, which does raise questions about the direction of the future. Yes, Ukraine needs to be free. They need an the help they can get. But what if they win, and fascism takes hold?
I mean, look at how the US is falling to fascism. People aren't careful enough.
The reality is poles don't give two shits about bandera, only rightwing idiots do. It is the same bullcrap as the "did you even say thank you" the americans pulled on Zelensky.