Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Sorry, was busy for most of last month. Had been meaning to post a reply earlier. Some assorted thoughts:

Firstly, erm...you guys ought to really do something about that Tusk / Kaczyński stuff. It is all a bit peculiar.
Only 933 days left for the 'president'.
Sadly impeachment is hardly the option - stupidity is not a crime. Our constitution didn't predict such situation where a president is remotely controlled (by phone) and represends one party.
That is how you pay for allowing yourself to be fooled by a good PR campaign.
Right now Tusk is clearing the ground for the presidential campaign in 2010 with detailed interviews coming out with certain unconvenient truths about his youth wile the entire populist-nationalist camp is repeatedly shooting its own feet ( it is a miracle thay can still walk...) once-twice every single week.

Besides the guy is not seen seriously by anyone as far as I believe, the fact the Georgians like him is something I find hard to understand.

Well at least they've erected this monument to honour the Polish-Georgian cooperation before the war.

Quite fitting it shows the Prometheus himself.



So as long as the president doesn't cause major blunders he can do what he likes - trying to emulate Piłsudski - which of course is a farse, but at least it doesn't cause too many problems.

Times have changed - the spirit lives on, but the means used in the past or anything similar is out of the question.

Still it is funny to see Russian press, apparently still confused, trying to show Kaczyński as the russophobe comparing him to 'pro-Russian' Tusk...
Either they believe their own ideas or the Kremlin's PR team still doesn't know what to do with our present government - it certainly isn't possible to portrait as unpredictable, nationalistic or irrational (as the previous was) neither as an American lapdog (as the socialdemocrats were) and only occassional outbursts describing Sikorski as the bad guy who is in conflict with 'pro-Russian', rationalist Tusk are left.

The sad reality is the only pro-Russian political forces in Poland (directly and undirectly) are the populists who are now all too busy facing trials for corruption and sexual assaults, while the anti-EU and indirectly pro-Kremlin LPR is in so poor shape noone really knows who is still in that party decaying in the rubbish bin of our politics.

Only most desperate 'wishful thinking' can be seen as the reason why Tusk who as a historian wrote about Piłsudski is shown as someone 'pro-Russian', yet it happens - really hard to understand.




I don't know about all of this. I'm torn. On the one hand, I am opposed to sub-EU groups. It misses the point of the EU, and fails to tap into its strength. Nor is the EU meant for particularistic policies. It is not a something you tap into whenever it suits a single state. The EU is not meant as a convenient vehicle for Polish Promethean fantasies. We do not need another Greece - obstructing and sucking dry the EU at every opportunity, whilst simultanously using the EU as a convenient instrument against Turkey.
That is why it is sold in a different way.

Of course neo-Prometheism is the core of the new project, but unlike Grece we are not taking the EU it will not have to go eventually.
It is interlocked with energy projects and keeps Ukraine out of the 'no go' zone Russia is trying to built there - the rest is somehow less important, but if that helps Armenia to solve their disagreements with the Azeris or adds another level of protection for Georgia it will surely be useful.




Similarly, Sarkozy overplayed his hand in this fashion too with his Mediterranean Union. It's a good idea in principle. But his proposal - membership limited to the south, the bills for the north - was bound to be shot to pieces of course.

That is the beauty of the Eastern Partnership - it is something much simplier and easier to defend than the Med. Union.
It will not cost almost nothing but helps a lot



One of the great aspects of the Med Union is that it solves the 'Eastern Question' - what to do with Turkey. The Med Union is a meaningful partnership without real membership status. This concept could be used for the Ukraine and Belarus too.

Which is why some Ukrainians are nervous about the project - they as we are seeing it as an introduction to the EU, not instead.



BTW Any material results of the 'PM' Putin's visit to France ?
To me as words are spoken and nothing is signed he can visit anyone anywhere anytime - only the results count.