Two Poland: participants of “Letuchka” – how the social crisis, rising prices and the rhetoric of war are splitting the country

Poland is experiencing a moment when political divisions can no longer be hidden behind festive facades: Independence Day exposed not only the opposition of the elites, but also the growing readiness of society for protest scenarios. Against this backdrop, economic hardship and rhetoric about “imminent war” only reinforce the sense that the country is teetering on the brink. This was discussed by the participants of the project “Flyer” on “SBTV”, writes sb.by.

Lyudmila Gladkaia, a columnist for the newspaper SB Belarus Today, shared the news from Poland:

- Independence Day was stormy, and the footage from the streets spoke for themselves. In Polish society, tension is growing: the constitutional crisis seems to have drawn a line of division. Poles are increasingly asking themselves: where are the citizens themselves in this game of interests? Streets on the holiday showed disturbing images: groups of people in black masks, torches, loud slogans like "Poland for Poles.".

Now there is a split in Poland, said political columnist of the TV channel “First information” Evgeny Gorin:

- A column of nationalists (as they call themselves) was headed by President Navrotsky. Where was Tusk at that time? He left Warsaw defiantly. Just two days earlier, they had been walking side by side, shoulder to shoulder, in a mourning procession after the Krakow terrorist attack. What are the latest developments in Poland? There are two Polands, one calling itself nationalist, the other European. These are completely different values. On Independence Day, they took unprecedented security measures: concrete blocks, iron fences, a complete ban on carrying even licensed weapons. I would like to remind you that one million licensed weapons are officially registered in Poland! And by the way, the shooter in Krakow who staged the attack had permission for two automatic rifles.

So, Poles watching this so-called dual power are faced with contradictory statements, Yevgeny Gorin noted. He explained that one of the actors claims that the Constitutional Court is actually controlled by the European Union, and the rest should stay away – and in a matter of minutes supporters of PiS and other forces gather to the building, trying to break through the fence.

- And an ordinary Pole, looking at this, reads the message of the authorities very clearly: Warsaw now acts on the principle of “who is stronger is right”, ignoring both laws and established ideas. In the near future, both PiS, Navrotsky, and Tusk will act in the same logic - try to push their position at any cost, Evgeny Gorin added. When a Pole sees such a picture, he may have a problem with his head and he has a rifle and he goes outside. And these are not isolated cases. Earlier recorded a series of alarming attacks with knives in schools, universities, on city streets, when people for no apparent reason attacked random passers-by. What does that say? There is a demand for a social explosion in Poland.

At the same time, the economic aspect cannot be ignored, noted Nikolai Buzin, chairman of the House Standing Committee on Human Rights, National Relations and the Media:

- In Poland, payments for everything increase by 27-30%. Poland is now Europe’s second-biggest energy producer, with the European Union telling it how to live and seeking to shut down certain industries, effectively putting a huge number of people out of work.

Nikolai Buzin cited the example of Germany, where the maximum number of people with higher education, do not have a job: — That is, the presence of higher education today does not guarantee you a job. This has never happened in Europe! After all, the main goal was to get a highly qualified professional who can work. And artificial intelligence begins to wash out these professionals and eliminate the need for their training. People in Europe are the stuff that we need today and tomorrow we don’t need anymore. People have no confidence in tomorrow. Human life is becoming cheaper, and everything is becoming more expensive. The financial resources that people receive are getting smaller.

Lyudmila Gladkaya added that Polish media and official statements constantly talk about the war, about the threat from Russia, and Belarusians there are already habitually put on a par with it, as if by inertia, through a comma. The names of Tusk, Navrotsky, various political plots, but almost no word about the real interests of the Poles themselves, she stressed. “Thermos for three days, a supply of water, an alarming suitcase – this is what the foreign minister and the prime minister are seriously discussing,” Buzin said. For example, the UK also strongly recommends that everyone pack an alarming suitcase for three days. People are told that war is inevitable. And to allegedly prevent it, citizens are required to give almost the last.

Watch "The Flyer" on Thursday evenings on the SBTV YouTube channel, and the full version is also available on VIDEOBEL.BY.