Poland Purges Supreme Court, and Protesters Take to Streets.
Mass protests, including by Lech Walesa. Still, I think it's far too late to have much hope for the survival of democracy in Poland. I hope I'm wrong, though.
Polish Democracy Deathwatch
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- El Guapo
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Polish Democracy Deathwatch
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Re: Polish Democracy Deathwatch
On the plus side, they'll round up all those pesky...who do the far right hate today?
I'd stay right the fuck away from Poland for a good decade or go.
I'd stay right the fuck away from Poland for a good decade or go.
- El Guapo
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Re: Polish Democracy Deathwatch
Muslims are at the top of the list for the European far right these days, so I'm assuming that they're first on the list in Poland too.
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Re: Polish Democracy Deathwatch
Probably time to expel them from the EU, then. I guess they're downsizing anyway? Unintentionally?
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Re: Polish Democracy Deathwatch
The EU has invoked "article 7", which would suspend Poland's voting rights. The problem is that the geniuses constructing the system required that an article 7 vote be unanimous (not counting, I think, the suspendee). So....that's not going anywhere, and apparently the EU can't do much of anything. Oh wait, apparently the EU court system can declare Poland's judicial reform "unconstutional", which does....wait for it....absolutely nothing.NickAragua wrote: ↑Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:41 pm Probably time to expel them from the EU, then. I guess they're downsizing anyway? Unintentionally?
"Uh, can you guys please not destroy your democratic institutions? Please stop, or else we will have no choice but to speak quite sharply to you about this."
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