After Poland Compares EU To Nazis, Brussels Launches "Unprecedented" Review Of Polish Media Laws
Relations between Poland the EU are deteriorating rapidly on the heels of President Andrzej Duda’s move to approve new laws that allow the conservative (and eurosceptic) Law and Justice (PiS) government to name the chiefs of public TV and radio, and select judges for Poland's constitutional court.
Over the weekend, we highlighted a letter from Polish minister Zbigniew Ziobro to EU commissioner Gunther Oettinger in which Ziobro dismissed criticism of the new laws as “silly.” He went on to suggest that perhaps the Germans should focus on their own domestic issues.
"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',” Ziobro wrote, before saying he has come “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.” That’s an apparent reference to the coverup of the sexual assaults that occurred in Cologne on New Year’s Eve.
Finally, assuring that diplomacy between the two nations will remain 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 explains, means "occupy."
Now that the Nazi card has been played it's time for the EU to hit back. "Poland's legal maneuvers have prompted escalating warnings from the EC that it could intervene. The EC's vice president, Frans Timmermans, sent two letters asking Polish authorities for information," Deutsche Welle wrote on Tuesday noting that "the queries infuriated Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who said Tuesday he was 'astonished' by Timmermans' request, slamming it as 'an attempt to exert pressure upon the democratically elected' parliament and government of a sovereign state."
"You had the possibility to receive from me the competent information regarding this issue ... using routine working contacts ... I deplore the fact that you decided not to do so. Thus, I first found out about your unjustified accusations and unfair conclusions from the media," Ziobro seethed.
Well if Ziobro was angry before, he's furious now because Brussels has taken it a step further. "The European Commission has opened an unprecedented inquiry into whether new Polish laws break EU democracy rules," BBC reports. Under the so-called "rule of law" mechanism the Commission can force a member state to change any measure that poses a "systemic threat" to fundamental EU values.
Polish PM Beata Szydlo is having none of it. "Democracy is alive and well in Poland," she told the Polish parliament on Wednesday.
"The Commission has no right to evaluate changles to Poland's public media law," Foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski told Reuters.
Here are the bullet points on the procedure courtesy of BBC:
- EU introduced mechanism in 2014 to protect fundamental values
- Activated by "systemic breakdown" affecting proper functioning of state's institutions and mechanisms
- Three-stage process: Commission assessment and opinion, recommendation of action with time limit and then potential resort to Article 7 of Lisbon Treaty
- Article 7 can mean suspension of state's voting rights in EU Council, where ministers from 28 states shape EU policy
And here's a bit more color:
The Polish prime minister told MPs she would defend Poland in a European Parliament debate next week and represent the whole of parliament and society.
Four channel directors at broadcaster TVP resigned earlier this month in protest at the government's media laws, which place public radio and TV under a new national media council. That change gives the treasury minister the right to hire and fire management.
Most Poles watch or listen to the public TVP channels and one minister has accused news channel TVP Info of broadcasting propaganda for years.
Shortly before the measures came into effect, another law was signed off requiring most rulings by Poland's 15-member Constitutional Court to have a two-thirds majority with at least 13 members present. The ruling party put forward five names to the court, which then appointed two as judges.
Thousands of Poles have protested against the changes in recent weeks in Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw and Krakow.
What's next you ask? Well, here's the EU Commission itself to explain:
A reply to the letter of First Vice-President Timmermans on the media law was received on 7 January and on 11 January on the Constitutional Tribunal reform. On the Constitutional Court reform, the Commission is cooperating with the Council of Europe Venice Commission, which is preparing an Opinion on the matter.
Under the Rule of Law Framework, the Commission enters into a structured and cooperative exchange with the Polish authorities in order to collect and examine all relevant information to assess whether there are clear indications of a systemic threat to the rule of law.
Following today's orientation debate, the College mandated First Vice-President Timmermans to send a letter to the Polish government in order to start the structured dialogue under the Rule of Law Framework. The College agreed to come back to the matter by mid-March, in close cooperation with the Venice Commission.
Ultimately the question is whether Poland's new laws represent an illegitimate an intolerable attempt to bring the media under state control or whether the inquiry is just another example of Berlin and Brussels attempting to impose their will by decree.
One thing is certain: this will do nothing to ease tensions in the bloc where the worsening migrant crisis and subsquent attempt to address it with a controversial quota system has already created quite a bit of animosity and suspicion towards the German government and the eurocrats tin Brussels.
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We are constantly told we must be tolerant, but how long did they expect their behaviour to be tolerated.....
http://beforeitsnews.com/global-unrest/2016/01/the-lion-is-it-time-to-fi...
Doesn't matter -- Orban already said he would veto any sanction imposed on Poland.
EU starting to unravel at the seams? Merkel over playing her hand? Brussels in a desperate power struggle?
The immigrant crisis is doing wonders illustrating to the average German (literally all whom I know) that there is no European Unity.
A co-worker of mine pointed out today (female mid 40s, 2 kids -- typical Union voter) that the Polish love to take Germany money, they just don't like to take our problems along with it.
The immigrant crisis will rip the EU apart, at least into East/West blocks as the former Warsaw Pact Countries take none, or less than none while Germany and Sweden drown.
What Germany needs to do now, before exporting all the refugees to the US (lets be honest, if Germany prepares to deport 1 million muzzies, you know a President Obama or President Sanders will invite them to the US), is foster the Poland A / B divide as much as it can.
If you can't take the truth, lie, misdirect, manage perceptions, suspend freedoms of speech, whatever.
See, it was always the truth. The EU is the First Cut of the NWO, led behind the scenes by the Rich and Powerful's Own Agendas, by an unelected massive faceless self-perpetuating bureaucracy blotting out the freedoms of man.
Illuminati, Bilderberg, NWO, UN, EU .... What is it some folks don't get
Inside every Liberal/Socialist/Progressive is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out
I disagree. The NWO is called 'American hegemony'. America has already yeidled, whether through ignorance or apathy. But Europe has an identity that will be harder to shake into 'hopey change' than what they did to the US already.
I don't think anyone has told America that, yet. No one they listen to, anyway.
By the way, how many refugees are staying in Brussels?
They are drugged into submission through the food, and meds then perscribed for the eating choices, and need not be told. All they need to do is EAT
The modern day Nazis are indeed in Brussels.
Today Greece, tomorrow the world.
Polish people are afraid that "Taharrush gamea" will come to Poland as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih3eqMskRHI
Recent elections have overwhelmingly shown that Poland is fed up with the dangerous European politics and they will not play along any longer.
Merkel must keep her nose out of other people's business.
First thing Poland needs to do is kick out NATO. Buy them out if necessary, just get rid of them. Then seize their buildings and refit them for something more beneficial to Poland.
Poland needs to recognize that the Western Europe they knew for centuries is gone, and currently overrun by the same smarmy commies who controlled Poland, Russia, and Eastern Europe for almost a century.
Then Poland need to return to their own roots, and after that they should seriously consider putting historical Russo-Polish conflicts away and orient toward Russia as fellow Slavs. The Russians would cut them a better deal.
Well the 1st EU was the 4th Reich. Just look at the map and include the vassals.
And now no-one should wonder why the EU is anti-Russian.
What can't the greedy socialist jew federal reserve bankers buy with the SEVEN TRILLION DOLLARS they printed for themselves under Obama? 1) Socialist Jew media ....CHECK! 2) Entire democrat party.....CHECK 3) Republican leadershit.....CHECK... 4) US Supreme Court....CHECK....think Obamacare and PHAG Marriage from a REPUBLICAN SUPREME COURT.....
THE FOURTH REICH
The American vassal states in what was once called Europe have already signed on to Cold War II. To say it in American, that horse has already left the barn.
Putin's program of nationalism is too uncool for the elites and their disciples. Nationalism is raciscm, they say. Or, according to our White House sock puppet, triballism. In any case, proof you like guns and hate change.
Modern day Nazi's are in the USA, and have contributed to it's glory. This is a fact..... Operation Paperclip comes to mind.
Yes, Europe and the US are run under the same Zionist system.
Here's the reason the Nazi's are there... they are the founders the EU!
https://youtu.be/7Nf5KeC4dAs
Although I am no fan of the new PiS government (the extension of social benefits is a very bad ideal IMHO) they are absolutely right in their criticism of the EU. Yes, there are protests in Poland. These protests are protected by police, contrary to Germany where the latest anti-government protests faced the water cannons of the police. And like in all Western countries the public TV stations are permanently broadcasting propaganda - though I doubt that this will change in der any government.
Agree Knuk'.....The EU is the First Cut ......towards the thing we imagine as a NWO. There is a big difference between control of a group vs. control and (NW) order of a group. The EU is attempting both (control/order). The others (e.g. US) have just lost control, we have on potential for order in that environment, quite the opposite.
"We the people' will never regain control. They are fighting 'The Corporation of the People' and just don't have enough willpower. All they want is a job, not freedom.
"Polish love to take Germany money" , yeah You don't have to be sharpest tool in the box to know, to know, that there's no such thing as free lunch.
Those precious € given to Poland by Eu (so by Germany), are at once exported back to directly to Germany by german banks, media, etc. or frauded by politicians supported by EU [so Germany) (not out of power). So let's not overestimate that.
Hey, it doesn't bother me.
Shoot, I am a little jealous the Polish politicians want just the benefits. Those that want to push detriments can fuck themselves. I wish Germany had a few politicians like this.
HT - I followed your link to Poland A, B, interesting. Thanks. But I don't understand your comment, re. - Germany needs to emphasis this distinction. Can you elaborate?
Btw, I just looked up a picture of Beata. I don't think stooped over, hunchedback Merkel could go two rounds with her.
It is not immigration. It is an invasion. The mo slums are invaders
Feudalism was Europe for 1500-2000 years. Their so called foray into "democracy" has been at most less then 10% of that time. No wonder the New Feudal World Order is being attempted there first.
Switzerland is in Europe.
yes Hungary,Poland and Czechs will stand together.
EU: We don't want your thugs running your media outlets. For the good of the EU, we insist you use our thugs
Obama: If you want your media thugs, you can keep your media thugs. BTW, We have plenty that can instruct you.
Witold Waszczykowski: spierdalaj!
They are not Nazis, they are worshiper of human rights.
But their form of worship is Human Sacrifice!
Indeed
ZioBro? The name is ZioBro.
Yeah, wtf is that all about? Josh Earnest I get, but ZIOBRO?
Haha...
And whattabout this gal named 'Lynch'?
His name is also funny in Polish. Zebro means rib in Polish, so he's Ribby.
· Check Mate, Amen.
That media outlet must of hired WB7 to do their cover.
Since when does Brussels control the media in the EU?
I was wondering the same thing. Unelected bureaucratic tyrants never let a good crisis go to waste when it comes to power grabs. They make the Rapugees look civilized.
In the US its safe zones on college campuses. Brussels wants to make the whole EU a safe zone.
The media is an important, maybe the most important component of the Zionist lockdown of the West. It's battle stations for the EU when media hegemony is under threat.
The US has exerted subtle control of the EU media since the end of WW2.
The EU is a vassal of the US.
http://www.pravdareport.com/world/europe/25-08-2014/128363-germany_usa-0/
"In July 2007, in Austria, there were memoirs published of the former head of the German Military Intelligence (MAD - Militärischer Abschirmdienst), Retired Major General Gerd-Helmut Komossa. The book was called "The German Card. Closed Game of Secret Services. The Head of Military Intelligence Reports" (Gerd-Helmut Komossa. Die deutsche Karte. Das verdeckte Spiel der geheimen Dienste. Ein Amtschef des MAD berichtet). The book tells of post-war relations between Germany and the USA.
Germany was playing the humiliating role of a vassal of the States (in the terminology of Zbigniew Brzezinski). There was a top-secret State Treaty signed on 21 May 1949 to restrict state sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Germany before 2099. According to the agreement, the allied countries (except for the legal successor of the USSR - Russia) take total control over German mass media. Before taking office, each German Chancellor must sign the Chancellor Act, the content of which is not only revealed, but also persistently denied. Yet, the consequences from the Chancellor Act (whether it exists or not) are well known. - See more at: http://www.pravdareport.com/world/europe/25-08-2014/128363-germany_usa-0..."
The media is an important, maybe the most important component of the Zionist lockdown of the West. It's battle stations for the EU when media hegemony is under threat.
Here is a complete explanation of why Germany remains a US vassel state....Starts halfway into the article. http://nsnbc.me/2014/07/11/germany-expels-u-s-spy-chief-opens-geopolitic...
If you listen to the Bolshevik Broadcadting Corporation in the UK for any length of time, you'd know the EU controls the media. After all, they loan it money on a regular basis on top of the £3.5bn us poor schmucks have to cough up to fund the shit it broadcasts.
And still 90% of the sheep think 'it's good value for money'!
Merkel looks just like Adolf in that pic.
Oettinger looks like Zeppo Marx.
Actually, she looks alot like Adolf's mom.
Europe has become quite the shit hole.