"They Want To Occupy Poland Again" - Merkel, European Union Compared To Nazis In Latest Diplomatic Spat

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Ever since the Polish Law and Justice party (PiS) party won elections in October on a Eurosceptic platform, relations between the formerly staunchly pro-Europe Poland, and the European Union have been on a sharp downhill slide, and earlier today they hit a rock bottom when Poland's justice minister dismissed an EU commissioner's criticism of new media regulations as "silly" in a confrontational letter which according to Reuters, "marked a low in the new government's relations with the bloc and the commissioner's home Germany."

It got so bad, Poland pulled out the Nazi card: minister Zbigniew Ziobro questioned Berlin's own record on media freedoms and alluded to Nazi Germany's occupation of Poland during World War Two in the message to EU commissioner Gunther Oettinger.

The reason for the spat is that Oettinger, responsible for the bloc's policy on society - which supposedly means Brussels' current propaganda director - said last week the EU's largest eastern member should be put under supervision over its plans to put Polish public TV and radio broadcasters under state control and to change the makeup of the constitutional court. The EU executive has written to Poland asking how the new media law, giving the treasury minister the right to appoint heads of state-run broadcasters, tallies with EU rules on media freedoms.

The response was scathing: "I am not in the habit of replying to silly comments on Poland made by foreign politicians," Ziobro wrote to Oettinger in a letter published by state news agency PAP on Saturday.

"Such words, said by a German politician, cause the worst of connotations among Poles. Also in me. I'm a grandson of a Polish officer, who during World War II fought in the underground National Army with 'German supervision'," he said.

 

The National Army was the main Polish resistance movement during World War Two, while "supervision" appeared to be a reference to the Nazi occupation of Poland.

The vocal defense promptly turned into an even sharper offense when Ziobro, whose party advocates higher state spending and conservative Catholic values, also accused German authorities of trying to cover up news of attacks on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve.

"I came to a sad conclusion that it is easier for you to talk about fictitious threats to media freedom in other countries than to condemn censorship in your homeland," Ziobro wrote.

There was no immediate reaction from Brussels or Berlin to the letter. Meanwhile, Poland's foreign minister summoned the German Ambassador for a meeting tomorrow in connection with anti-Polish remarks by German politicians as relations between the two formerly close nations disintegrate.

Finally, assuring that the diplomacy between the two nations is impaired for the foreseeable future, the front page of the Polish Wprost weekly, one of the more popular media outlets in the country, showed the following picture of Merkel, and the EU Commission cronies Juncker, Oettinger and Schultz, with the title "They want to supervise Poland again." Which, as Reuters explained above, means "occupy."

 

We find it ironic how, for a continent that has supposedly overcome the tensions of its turbulent past and which is pushing for even deeper economic, social, and cultural integration with every staged financial, social and political crisis passing day, its various nations are so willing to remind us that absolutely nothing is forgotten (or forgiven), and that a United State of Europe is about as grand a pipe dream as they come.

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Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:30 | 7025009 Old Doctor
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The question that all of Europe should be asking is 'Who made Merkel do this?'

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:10 | 7025143 CheapBastard
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...and then there's Trudeau:

 

Canada prime minister welcomes wave of Syrian refugees

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35065008

 

However, looking at the media photos [carefully seleceted] most actually do look Armenian and Syrian. I have worked with some Armenians and am fine with them. Even the Persians I have met have been educated and very good. I have never met a Syrian.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:53 | 7025304 12357111317
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As long as they are truly refugees and not resettled mercenaries being rewarded for helping attack Hussein, Gaddafi, and Assad by being granted immigration to and pensions in Canada.  I don't trust government "vetting" processes to keep such mercenaries out.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 13:01 | 7025566 Maxter
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To Trudeau's credit, we only welcomed supposed families.  This will greatly reduce the chance of welcoming a devoted terrorist I think.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 21:47 | 7027783 Greendawg
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i trust that the government will selectively let in such said mercenaries to allow these types of attacks in Canada so there is somebody to point the finger at when the economy goes bust.  It makes a great distraction for the incoming bail-ins as well. 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 13:09 | 7025603 Thick Willy
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Nobody "made" Merkel do this.  She is a degenerate childless old Bolshevik that was raised on a steady diet of Jewish Bolshevism.  Her greatest desire is the extermination of all white people, just like Obama.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:32 | 7025010 kerfuffled
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Poland is right in opposing the EU, but they should at the same time not get too close with the USA, they will betray them. They should not let USA run their military.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:33 | 7025032 caconhma
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What else is new? America and Britain have betrayed Poland to Stalin after the WWII.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:52 | 7025302 12357111317
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Stalin was a killer, but after WW2, he gave up on the ability of Europeans to restrain Germany.  He decided Russia would need a buffer it could control and defend.  Thus, post-WW2 Poland.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:44 | 7025068 kerfuffled
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Poland can now (If they are smart) exploit 3 suitors to advance its own goals.

EU/USA/RF

 

This is the russian inroad into polish politics.

http://syncreticstudies.com/2015/04/17/the-birth-of-zmiana-and-the-syncr...

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 12:25 | 7025431 IndyPat
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A really suicidal idea, thus...a truly polish idea.

Best to take note of the Swiss model and just stay the fuck out of it.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 13:11 | 7025608 Thick Willy
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No, it's simpler than all that.  Take EU money to build up Polish infrastructure (all those nice new train stations with German trains all over Poland are proof of this).  Let the USA in to build up bases to keep Russia out.  Leave the E.U. when an opportune moment comes or they cut off the money supply.  Stay in NATO.  Easy.  Poland is well positioned for the future.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:30 | 7025011 m96
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Wonder when the big ww2 lies will finally come out..

Winnig side always writes history.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 12:16 | 7025387 BarkingCat
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Some are lies and some is the truth.

Yes the truth is coming out.

Problem is that when the original story you were told is a mixture of truth and lies and you start to learn and discover the lies, the entire knowledge bases becomes suspect. Your trust has been shaken and now you have no way to know what is true and what is a lie.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 13:11 | 7025611 Thick Willy
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The truth of WW2 is available for anyone who bothers to seek it out.  And it starts before WW1.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:31 | 7025016 Lumberjack
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Orban promises to veto any EU sanctions against Poland

 

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0390ad5a-b60d-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f.html...

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:31 | 7025018 I AM SULLY
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The poles are simply fighting back against the euro-trash policies which lead to large roving gangs of swarthy, dusky, young men with large rods and a desire for the soft, white, flesh of busty polish women ...

(yeah)

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:35 | 7025019 Omega_Man
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this time Germany is led by leftist libtard zionists  and not Nazis

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:39 | 7025048 Monetas
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Smegma_Man .... Nazi's are Fascists/Socialists .... Europe has never mastered Anglo based ideals of freedom .... they have never emerged from their socialist slough of despair ? 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:14 | 7025163 Marco
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The UK is ruled by pedos, the US had a century and a half of freedom before media control and lobbying turned it into the international army of the NWO. Not impressed.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:39 | 7025274 Omega_Man
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yes UK and Canada are run by gay pedos, sick bastards

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 13:13 | 7025616 Thick Willy
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Yes, the Jews dominate every aspect of American culture, government, and foreign policy.

The best thing you can do for your children is turn off the electric Jew and send them to private school.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:42 | 7025280 Omega_Man
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The nazis were not very left. Nationalists yes, 

The world can use a little facism about now, agree? 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 14:23 | 7025933 caconhma
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The WWII documents and files are still classified.

The recently declassified Soviet's documents show:

- Stalin has planned to attack/invade NAZI Germany on June 12, 1941, just 10 days before Hitler invaded Soviet Union but his arm-forces were poorly organized and did not meet the deadline. The next Stalin's D-day to invade Germany was July 12, 1941, but it was too late.

- As early as Feb. 1939, the USA and Britain offered to Stalin huge amounts of money to start war against NAZI Germany. However, Stalin intended to capture and colonize the entire Europe spreading his Zio-Bolshevism all over the entire world. Just to destroy Germany was not good enough. By the way, it was Stalin who created Israel.

-The Nuremberg trial was another Stalin's show trial to portray him as the  Europe liberator justifying his occupation of Eastern Europe. During this trial German were not allow to speak their mind and were tortured to obtain desired statements. 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 12:19 | 7025406 BarkingCat
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Anglo based ideas of freedom?

You fucking jest!!!!

That shithole island has brought more misery to this word than any other nation.

 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:39 | 7025054 RozKo
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The Nazis were Socialists...

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:54 | 7025097 Steroid
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What kind of idiot bot downvotes a fact?

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 12:36 | 7025480 IndyPat
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Those who know Socialism comes in about a million flavors and that the comment is an oversimplification.

Get off the 'roids and read up.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:48 | 7025084 crazytechnician
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NAZI was short for NAtional Socialist - Extreme Left Wing Fascist party.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:40 | 7025271 Omega_Man
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oh they were so left, they loved commies so much, and gay marriage, as well as immigrant roma, they just loved everyone to death - how misunderstood they were..

 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 14:40 | 7026009 caconhma
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NAZI=National Socialist Working Party of Germany

NAZI were right-wing socialists. Stalin Zio-Bolshevism was left-wing socialists. This is why Stalin's Soviet Union and NAZI Germany were such ideologicalal enemies.

By the way, Putin is Zio-socialist and the best friend of Benjamin Netanyahu. All confrontations between Putin and US/NATO come from Putin's desire to be "an independent" mafia boss instead of joining the Zio-Banking Mafia cartel.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 14:40 | 7026010 caconhma
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NAZI=National Socialist Working Party of Germany

NAZI were right-wing socialists. Stalin Zio-Bolshevism was left-wing socialists. This is why Stalin's Soviet Union and NAZI Germany were such ideologicalal enemies.

By the way, Putin is Zio-socialist and the best friend of Benjamin Netanyahu. All confrontations between Putin and US/NATO come from Putin's desire to be "an independent" mafia boss instead of joining the Zio-Banking Mafia cartel.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 12:04 | 7025336 johnnycanuck
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They ditched the Socialist wing when they purged Rohm and the  Brown Shirts in favor of the SS.  Embracing the bankers and right wing industrialists was the only way the nazi's could finance their goals outside of Germany and you might want to have a look at the history of the BIS around that time

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:59 | 7025027 Lumberjack
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Orban promises to veto any EU sanctions against Poland

 

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0390ad5a-b60d-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f.html...

 

 

 

There has been talk in the EU about sanctions against Poland for this

https://euobserver.com/tickers/131745

 

All journalists, editors, producers and directors working at Poland's national television company TVP, Polish Radio, press agency PAP and 17 local channels will be sacked to give the new management free hands on who to rehire under a second media bill under preparation, according to a draft seen by PAP.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:33 | 7025030 Monetas
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Euro Fascists/Socialists protect free speech .... Je suis Charlie Brown ?

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:35 | 7025035 Lumberjack
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Orban promises to veto any EU sanctions against Poland

 

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0390ad5a-b60d-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f.html...

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There has been talk about the EU sanctioning Poland for this:

 

https://euobserver.com/tickers/131745

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:39 | 7025049 Free_Spirit
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Unlikely allies tho, the new Poles are very pro-US, while Orban is very pro-Russia.  

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:00 | 7025121 Lumberjack
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Sorry for multiple posts. 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:36 | 7025040 geno-econ
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Poland has always been caught in the middle of Superpower ambitions and have changed loyalties depending on origin of threat---East or West    At times, they also imagine themselves as a Surepower ( Zbigniew Brezhinski ) which gets them into real trouble with all neighbors, 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 12:26 | 7025435 BarkingCat
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They did not have to imagine. At one time they were a European superpower and a good case study why you do not fight wars with everyone around you.

Also a case study how the elites will sell out their nation for self interest. 

This by the way was also what faced Transilvania's Clad DDrakul.The elite there conspired as well. He solved that problem by killing them.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 12:54 | 7025541 Thick Willy
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The Polish-Lithuanian empire is literally the only reason that Eastern and Central Europe weren't conquered by Moslems hundreds of years ago.  Now, Western Europe is already conquered by Moslems.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:37 | 7025044 wharfdaddy
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"That Bitch is starting to make the commies look good." 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:44 | 7025066 Monetas
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Hillary, Hitler, Stalin. Merkel .... it's the same socialist shit .... people who love freedom .... are the exception ?

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:38 | 7025045 I AM SULLY
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We must defend our white culture, cuz our white values and our white food ...

Our white women ...

Our white homes with their white bread on the table.

(fuck ...)

(this is boring)

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:46 | 7025073 two hoots
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We all need your glasses to see everything in its proper color.

We haven't all quite mastered the walking upright (back pain thing remains) or stopped pissing (defending) to mark our turf, maybe we never will.  Until then expect animal behavior to continue, as long as we remain animals.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 11:23 | 7025205 I AM SULLY
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That's all I'm asking for ...

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:39 | 7025055 two hoots
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I can't change the day my local trash is picked-up, doubt my thoughts much matter on the slightly larger issues of the EU?  (I'll likely spout them anyway, just need to remind myself of my importance) 

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:41 | 7025058 Monetas
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American Exceptionalism is exceptional .... in this socialist planet urth ?

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:42 | 7025062 Wild E Coyote
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So Europeans are right about putinization of Poland.
Poland has started demanding freedom from EU meddling and beginning to seek independent policy to govern their own country.
It seems Governors in US have more power than EU member nations.

Sun, 01/10/2016 - 10:43 | 7025064 Kaeako
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It's not easy to be Polish. Terrified of Germany, terrified of Russia. What is a Poland to do? Poland fights back the Polish way - American military bases in Poland, purchases of American weaponry and securing American political influence over the European Union. Then just follow the winds and change sides as necessary.

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