Posted on 05/25/2015 12:30:17 PM PDT by annalex
Edited on 05/25/2015 12:35:42 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Poland is getting a new and more conservative president. Andrzej Duda, 43, won the European Union members presidential runoff election Sunday by an unofficial 6 percentage-point margin, Agence France-Presse reported.
"I congratulate my competitor Andrzej Duda and wish him a successful presidency," President Bronisław Komorowski was quoted by the Associated Press as saying in a concession speech late Sunday in Warsaw. A TVP public broadcaster exit poll indicated Duda was comfortably ahead at 53 percent to Komorowskis 47 percent.
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Oh, just rewriting his Constitution, stacking his Supreme Court, and professing his admiration for authoritarian regimes. Nothing much, he’s anti-EU, right?
Described as socially and fiscally conservative,[4] the constitution initiates a number of changes. In an effort to push the public debt below 50% of gross domestic product (from above 80% at the time of adoption), the powers of the Constitutional Court on budget and tax matters are restricted until debt falls below 50%. The President is allowed to dissolve Parliament if a budget is not approved, and only companies with transparent activities and ownership structures are allowed to bid for government contracts. The powers of the head of the Hungarian National Bank are also limited, and the modification of tax and pension laws requires a two-thirds majority.[5][4] The life of a fetus is protected from the moment of conception, and although the move is seen as opening the possibility for a future ban or restrictions on abortion,[4] existing laws were unaffected.[6] Same-sex couples may legally register their partnerships, but marriage is defined as being between one man and one woman. A ban on discrimination does not mention age or sexual orientation, and the constitution allows life imprisonment for violent crimes without the possibility of parole.[4]The constitution lowers judges' mandatory retirement age from 70 to the general retirement age, which was 62 at the time of adoption and is set to rise to 65 by 2022.[7][8][9] The provision also covers prosecutors, while the Prosecutor General and the head of the Curia are exempt.[10] The country's name is changed from "Hungarian Republic" to "Hungary", and although the country remains a republic,[11] the preamble contains references to the Holy Crown, as well as to God, Christianity, the fatherland and traditional family values.[12] Certain issue areas, such as family policy, the pension system and taxation, formerly under the purview of the government in office, can be altered only through cardinal Acts passed by a two-thirds majority and not subject to constitutional review.[13][14]
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This should the the pattern for any country that wants sovereignty.
“God bless the great and long-suffering country of Poland.”
And all her marvelous people!
“O Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance; grant victory to the faithful over the barbarians. And protect Your commonwealth, by the power of Your Cross.”
It’s pretty clear that, if you have to run to Wiki to quote an irrelevant passage, you have no clue of what you are talking about. That being said, have fun . . . I’m not going to correct you.
I want a restoration of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Putin may very well cause that to happen.
“God bless the great and long-suffering country of Poland.”
HEAR! HEAR!
With the return of the liberum veto? I think Poland and the Baltic states are better off independent and allied.
Although Belarus would like it instead of having a warmed over Stalinist as president.
He was a visionary ahead of his time, that’s for sure.
Did the passage from Wiki described the changes in the Hungarian constitution inaccurately? In that case, to to the Wiki and correct it, quick.
Yes, in some form and with NATO membership.
No, you quoted the wrong changes. And since it is a holiday weekend, and you are resorting to quoting Wiki in the first place, I’ll take some time off. Use your free time to embrace your inner authoritarian (as long as he is anti-EU, of course). [snort]
Euroskeptics are Euroskeptics. Being friendlier with Putin is just ass-licking.
Being anti-Semitic isn’t confined to non-Jews.
I don’t like circular definitions, but it does apply to anyone labeled “Euro-skeptic” as things stand.
Nope.
Again, if these changes are described wrongly in the Wikipedia — which by the way relies on primary sources — go and fix the Wikipedia, since it is publicly editable.
So what is it, “euroskeptics are euroskeptics” or they aren’t?
Wikipedia does not verify the reliability of its sources.
Well, I don’t know, of course, if the president-elect of Poland is somehow antisemitic with a Jewish father in law, but I don’t see how this is relevant to the fact that a nationalistic and conservative leader has been elected in a friendly sovereign nation.
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