Poland and the EU

[krasnoludek]

For those of you who have been following the news about the EU deliberations, Poland's refusal to agree to the new voting system stirred up quite a lot of anger. They're argument was that the new voting system, based on population, would give Germany considerably more power and lower Poland's sway in the EU. Poland's opposition wasn't what stirred

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[oxeador]

I am not sure I understand your cooments. Of course the EU objections are to the Kaczynskis and their policies. Who said otherwise? Western Europe does not believe we are more "mature" because our economies are stronger, but because we do not pass anti-gay laws that not even Bush would dare to propose. We object to those laws. What is wrong with that? If the EU claims that to be a member you have to support civil rights for all and be against any kind of discrimination, I say right on. This has absolutely nothing to do with the voting system, by the way.

As for bringing up the past and what Poland did for Europe or Europe did for Poland in the past, I think that is completely out of place. In particular arguing against the voting system based on population because Poland would have more inhabitants if it weren't for WWII is childish (to avoid using a different, much more insulting adjective). As a matter of fact, every country could argue something similar, including Germany (which was, after all, the one that lost the most in WWII, including population). For example, Spain could also claim that Europe (and the whole rest of the world) let us live placidly in a dictatorship for 39 years (until 1975 no less), made no attempt to help the situation, and even condomed it.