Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why Poland Is Quietly Becoming Europe's Next Superpower" video.

  1. No offence to Poland and the Polish people, but Poland doesn't have the economic muscle or and population size to become a major power like Germany or France. They can be a sizeable power inside the EU, but not on the scale of the other big powers, and a big reason for that is cooperation, compromising and working together with other members, something Poland is building a bad reputation in the EU. Think about it, why were Germany and France so much more successful compared to the UK in the EU? It wasn't economics or population size, the UK had both, but what the UK didn't have is that it didn't do well with working with other EU members Germany and France are so successful, because they know how to play the game in the EU, whereas Poland and Hungary could do the same, but they are going out of their way to isolating themselves, you don't make friends by doing that and won't get what you want by doing that, the UK found out that over decades in the EU, and the UK is far more successful than Poland. If Poland really wants to be a big player in the EU, it's going to have to change its ways, being more cooperative and not confrontation with other members, what's going on in Ukraine has bought Poland some breathing room, but before that, Poland was heading in the same direction as Hungary, which is isolation in the EU and that weakens them as a power. Personally, I think Spain has got a far better chance of being the next power in the EU, the population is around the same as Poland, I think it's growing as well, it's got a bigger economy and it's more cooperative in the EU, which will go a long way in them being a bigger power, and I suspect Spain will overtake Italy as a power because Italy can't seem to get it's act together with a stable political system which is impacting the economy. Spain also has the advantage that it's population growth is likely going to be higher than Poland for the next few decades, population growth is power when it comes to the economy and politics. With all that said, Poland and even much smaller players can have a big say, but you have to be more amendable when it comes to compromising and working with others, Hungary and Poland have been going backwards on that one over the last 5 or 10 years, so unless that changes, there is little chance of them changing the balance of power in Europe.
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