Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Is Poland Becoming a Major European Superpower?" video.

  1. Simply answer, no it's not, it doesn't have the population numbers and the economy to be a major European power and isn't it's population been in decline for a while? I do see Poland growing in power and being like Spain or maybe Italy but that's about it, there are many factors that will hold it back from its close borders to Russia, to the weather and to the current government, many factors that makes the country less appealing for people to want to move there compared to places like France, Germany or Spain and this matters because power is based on the economy of a country and the economy is based on the population size. Don't get me wrong, Poland is growing in power thanks to being in the EU but I don't see them being as powerful as Germany, France, Italy or even Spain for that matter and we should remember that it's much easier to play catch up with modern countries, especially with a lot of help they are getting from the EU, the question is, as they close the gap with western countries, do they maintain healthy growth rates? Some countries struggle on that like Greece. But in any case, I like to look at the contrast to how countries like Poland are doing compared to other eastern EU countries and also look at how these eastern EU countries are doing compared to none eastern European countries, there is a clear line that the countries that joined the EU, it's helping their economy a lot compared to the countries that are not in the EU. Also, the comparison with the UK isn't a good indicator with the country going into decline since Brexit, it's much easier to close the gap on an economy that is really struggling, but in any case, it will be interesting to see where Poland develops, as well as the other eastern EU members, but apparently, there are signs that Hungary could be slipping, probably because they've become far less of a team player in the EU and that could hurt its economy, Poland seems to be slowly changing, mainly thanks to the impact of the war in Ukraine, but before that, Poland was heading in the same direction as Hungary.
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  2.  @ChristianIce  It should be for its population, but it's not the kind of power that Germany or France have in the EU. It takes more than just population numbers and the size of an economy to determine how powerful a country is. In the case of an EU country, to really have power, you need to have friends, you need to be more cooperating in dealing with other members and you need to be willing to compromise, Poland just like Hungary is showing very little of that, which limits their real power in the EU, regardless of economic growth and basically, soft power goes a long way in the EU and even around the world, something Poland and Hungary are doing a poor job on whereas Germany and France are doing a good job on it. But it wouldn't surprise me if some of the other eastern EU countries grow in power at the expense of Poland and Hungary, unless they change. As for Italy, I'm half Italian, but even I know that Italy is clinging onto dear life, they are in the G7 and many other organisations from a time that Italy was more powerful, it's a lot weaker around the globe today that if they were to try and join, they likely wouldn't be able.
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