For Kopacz it's a vote-getting gimmick. Szydło has said the situation has gone out of control and the EU has no idea on how to solve it. The Polish government should not be forced to do anything. It should be a sovereign Polish decision. We should first think about the return of people of Polish descent from the east.
It's hardly a gimmick for Kopacz - rather she's just reflecting the will of the people. I wouldn't be surprised if Kopacz and Szydło are more or less agreed on this - Kopacz might find place for Syrian Christians, but that's about it.
Too bad it took a crisis like this for many people to realise the total folly, stupidity and pointlessness of leftism!
This is nothing to do with leftism and everything to do with a CDU-led German government that realises that they need cheap labour to sustain the German export machine. It's very, very similar to the blind eye turned by Republican business leaders in the US towards Mexican labour.
If Germany fails, that will be the end of the EU as we know it. Although I understand her from a humanistic perspective, I agree with most folks here that Merkel made a big mistake by inviting the refugees to Germany. Gives the millions that are still waiting in the Middle East and North Africa the completely wrong idea. Not to mention that the refugees who are already in Europe will demand that their families back home should also be brought over. Very dangerous situation, and I'm afraid that democracy in Europe will be under immense pressure very soon. Le Pen, Farange, Haider, Wilders and many, many more of their ilk ... and that was that.
This is entirely my fear. The whole idea of forcing the V4 countries to take part in something that was orchestrated by Germany will cause their nationalist leaders to be strengthened, and it ensures that the opposition to Orban in Hungary has absolutely no chance of succeeding. I'm absolutely convinced that unless the external Schengen border is strengthened and the tide blocked, we're going to see a diabolical situation emerge in Germany that she won't be able to cope with.
A lot of countries will be screwed big time then; Poland included.
Indeed. What is making me incredibly angry is that Germany has chosen to completely act unilaterally in this case - no discussions with other EU members, no sensible plan in place to take them from Greece to Germany, just an open door and then some sudden unexpected blackmail from Germany towards other EU countries.
It really does seem as if Merkel has been very badly advised here.
There are other ways to solve the crisis than letting everybody in. For example, EU could cooperate (= fund) with Turkey and Jordan in order to organize decent living conditions for the refugees coming there, and convince (= fund) their authorities to make their borders less porous.
I'm absolutely convinced that there needs to be something established to stop them coming in the first place without documentation. I'm not against accepting genuine claims for asylum, but there needs to be something in place to identify those in need. Even the idea of sending people to different EU countries is not a bad idea, but the system needs to reflect reality. For instance - there was the case recently in Warsaw where some Syrian refugees claimed that they were hungry and had no money, but the foundation dealing with them turned round and pointed out that they decided to buy ridiculously expensive food with their money.
And at the end of it, as much as I'd like to think otherwise, I cannot see how we can justify giving a single person claiming asylum anything more than we give EU citizens in Poland.