Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "What does Tusk’s Victory Mean for Poland and the EU?" video.

  1. The irony is, Poland and Hungary backing each other up was the main reason that the EU couldn't deal with Hungary, if Poland doesn't back Hungary, the EU can get a lot tougher on Hungary, even to the point of kicking Hungary out of the EU, unless another EU member has their back, but none in the east will have the clout that Poland has. But we'll have to see what happens, if they can form a government and if they go through with reforming the system in Poland, saying they'll do it is one thing, doing it is another, but relations with the EU and Ukraine should get warmer now, Hungary on the other hand could find themselves really isolated and I've said it many times that I felt Poland could be saved, but I don't think Hungary can, so depending on what government Poland forms, it could be the right time to pile a lot more pressure on Hungary in the areas where they are rolling back on the rule of law, if that doesn't work, kicking them out of the EU might be the best option, I would rather find an alternative solution but unless the people in Hungary wake up to what the government is doing, kicking Hungary out might be the wake-up call they need just like the UK is getting with Brexit.
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  2. Russians don't know any better, for many of them, they think they are living in the best country in the world, it's more or less what the system drums into them. If Russians could just live one year in another western country, they would get a major wake-up call for how bad things are in Russia, both politically and economically, and don't get me wrong, the west isn't perfect, not by a long shot, but compared to some of these other systems around the world, the west have it good, especially in Western Europe which really have it good thanks to a lot of the social policies in place.
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  3. There's still a lot of division in the country, especially from west to east of the country, but yeah, this vote does indicate that a lot of people are not happy with the government, but we should remember that they still got most of the votes, even if they can't form a government, it basically means that Poland still has a lot of work ahead of it, especially in the eastern part. But with all that said, progress has been made here, maybe relations with the EU and Ukraine will get better and more constructive and not obstructive, it could also be much easier for the EU to deal with Hungary to get them to change, or maybe even kick them out if they don't change. I do know one thing, if Poland wasn't in the EU, Poland was quickly heading into being a dictatorship under the PIS government, it would have been much further along the line if Poland wasn't in the EU as the EU limits what Poland could get away with, personally, if Poland wasn't in the EU, I think Poland would have heading in the direction of where Russia is in how the goverment is run.
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  4. Poland can be a big voice in the EU, probably more so then Spain because of geographic, but realistically, it won't change much with the Franco-German engine, power comes in two forms, economics and population size, both France and Germany alone are bigger than Poland, together more so, they are also in a better geographical location, especially Germany and that can change in time as none EU countries to the east modernise, but that's going to take a long time. In any case, it doesn't matter much, there's always compromises to be made, and the main problem with Hungary and the PIS government in Poland, they have the attitude of it being their way or the highway, which goes against everything the EU is all about, working together, finding compromise to move forward. So Poland can have a big voice in the EU if it's more constructive and not obstructive, but it's not going to change much with the Franco-German engine, but maybe Poland could become part of that engine, who knows, Italy seems to be slipping on that one and Spain doesn't seem that interested in it.
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  5. That's kinda the case in every country, including Poland, things get twisted up to sound how they want it to sound, in fact, that's been happening a lot more in Poland with how much control the PIS have over the media. Best advice, get news from multiple sources around the world and put it all together on what seems logical, after all, I'm British, if I were to listen to the local news, they give the impression that the UK held all the cards on Brexit against the EU, it was all BS and now the Brits are seeing that after Brexit, local news is actually worse because it's got a slant on how people want to see things and not how things are, after all, imagine what the local news in Russia are telling the Russian people.
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