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Poland likely to face ‘revolution’: Wałęsa
thenews.pl ^ | May 24, 2016 | Rzeczpospolita

Posted on 05/26/2016 2:08:24 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The conservative Law and Justice party, which came to power last October, has carried out a series of sweeping reforms to the Constitutional Tribunal and other institutions, prompting anti-government protests and criticism from the EU.

Commenting on former US President Bill Clinton’s recent claim that Poland and Hungary consider democracy “too much trouble” and prefer “Putin-like leadership”, Wałęsa told the Rzeczpospolita daily: “Bill Clinton spoke the truth and there is no need for him to apologise to Poles.”

Clinton’s statement has sparked outrage in the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and prompted demands for an apology.

Wałęsa said in the interview that democracy in his country is not as beleaguered as it is in Russia under Putin, but claimed that Poland is already moving along such a trajectory.

Wałęsa considers the Law and Justice party’s high ratings in opinion polls an outcome of promises made to voters during last year’s parliamentary campaign. “The masses are not yet ready to take to the streets, as they are still working out what’s more beneficial for them,” he said.

“Once two million Poles come out to demonstrate, I shall join them. [For now] I am waiting for a referendum on removing the Law and Justice government.”


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1 posted on 05/26/2016 2:08:24 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Poland likely to face ‘revolution’: Wałęsa
2 posted on 05/26/2016 2:09:31 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Has Soros located another target?


3 posted on 05/26/2016 2:10:13 PM PDT by PAR35
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Poland's rule of law dispute keeps some investors away: deputy PM
4 posted on 05/26/2016 2:14:58 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Former communist agent Walesa...


5 posted on 05/26/2016 2:16:47 PM PDT by Lukasz
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Soros and his NWO is under all out assault globally and is getting pushed back. The military industrial complexes of this country are pushing back. He will get crushed here and get pushed back in Austria. He is outgunned and out financed this time around.


6 posted on 05/26/2016 2:18:32 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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Do not count for that, Germans. Do not! We are free at last and nothing’s gonna take that away from us. You lost. Just like that. You lost, you lost Poland forever and better stop that pitiful crying.
7 posted on 05/26/2016 2:20:52 PM PDT by Matt_DZ_PL
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It is all about worldwide left willingness to impose cultural Marxism. They just rigged Austrian elections, damn democrats!


8 posted on 05/26/2016 2:26:53 PM PDT by Lukasz
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It’s not that democracy is too much trouble, it’s that they fundamentally don’t understand it, they’ve never had it, and in general they much prefer simply being told what to do.


9 posted on 05/26/2016 2:30:51 PM PDT by Redbob (#BlackCoffeeMatters)
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Btw, the ruling Law & Justice crushes the German parties like the Civic Platform and others. According to the most recent poll by TNS Poland for LEFTIST! Gazeta Wyborcza PiS gains 39% while PO-17% N-11, Kukiz-9%. Others do not enter the treshold. Taking into consideration that Kukiz is more conservative than PiS we have: 48% vs 28%, so stop bitching, sick man.

What's more, the current President has a record support in these days of 60-40% to an opposition B. Komorowski.

So, take FAZ, SDZ or any other Goebbels-like crap and read about "the falling Poland" enjoying yourself like a sissy boy.

10 posted on 05/26/2016 2:35:48 PM PDT by Matt_DZ_PL
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Seeing your special characters in the word "Wałęsa" I realized FR somewhere along the way fixed the special character problem they had for several months.

Yay!

11 posted on 05/26/2016 2:43:47 PM PDT by toast
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“Bill Clinton spoke the truth ...”


12 posted on 05/26/2016 2:52:18 PM PDT by McGruff (What about #NeverHillary?)
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This is all about the EU hating Poland for not accepting Muslim invaders into the country.


13 posted on 05/26/2016 3:33:23 PM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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I don’t think Germany is Poland’s problem for the present, or foreseeable future.


14 posted on 05/26/2016 4:25:22 PM PDT by sphinx
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I am not crying the one crying. There are a few Polish posters, who get unhinged when I share information about what is going on with Poland. On a scale I never seen from any otther people. What's up with that?
15 posted on 05/26/2016 10:34:01 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Nor am I crying, crying. Either.


16 posted on 05/26/2016 10:35:10 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Me too. :)


17 posted on 05/26/2016 10:47:34 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Poland’s suspect in home-made bomb blast confesses
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/25/polands_suspect_in_home_made_bomb_blast_confesses/


18 posted on 05/26/2016 11:00:05 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Former ruling circles, Merkel’s henchmen, are crying for the lost power, that’s all.

About 100,000 people lost their VERY well paid posts in state run companies like ORLEN, etc. where they earned (in the most shocking cases) 1.5 mln Euros yearly. So, nowadays they go to German TVs, newspapers, etc. saying everywhere that “democracy is over in Poland”. Why? They try to mobilize the EU public to influence the Polish govt to make it weak or even abolished.

The last rally in Warsaw is the best example. During the rally they announced to the world that 240,000 people took to the streets to protest against the government. This “news” was immediately spread all around Europe. Yet, a week later, Gazeta Wyborcza, which is a staunch opposition!, using the head-to-head method, counted and verified all of them and the result was 55.600 people.

But, the figure 240,000 went to the world and after that (you are a good example) who cares to re-tell the truth?

Btw, just like in Putin’s Russia, the Civic Platform organized massive transports of their party members to Warsaw with their families, paid for hotels, etc. This manipulation had the unprecedented proportions, Poland has never seen before.

So, “Poland drowns”, as the German press says... LOL

http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114884,20068207,30-tys-240-tys-policzylismy-glowa-po-glowie-ile-osob-wzielo.html


19 posted on 05/27/2016 12:52:47 AM PDT by Matt_DZ_PL
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PiS has polarized the nation. There is a very active PO group called KOD - komitet Obrony Demokracji - committee to defend democracy that has strong views. The PiS ers have strong views too.

My wife is pro-PiS and while I support the PiS's social conservatism, I'm a bit leery of some of the things they are doing

At the same time, the media is out to get them -- like the entire blah-blah about the constitutional court forgets that the previous government changed the court's constitution just before moving out

20 posted on 05/27/2016 2:18:05 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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