Is Poland Ditching the Visegrad Group for France and Germany?
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This video was written by Hugo Chadima, edited by Zac Michaelis, animated by Jan Adamic and narrated by Ben Blissett.
Since returning to office late last year, Polish PM Tusk has spent no time idling, both domestically and internationally, shifting the foreign policy from the more-Eurosceptic countries to the West. In this video, we explore what's happened so far, Tusk's future plans, and what this all means for the EU as a whole.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - Tusk's 2007-2014 Policy
02:50 - Tusk's New Foreign Policy
06:20 - Consequences for Europe
07:36 - Sponsored Content
It is not Poland vs. rest of V4, but rather Poland and Czechia vs. Slovakia and Hungary. PM Fiala was even more "aggresive" towards Fico than Tusk during the meeting.
Very true. But Czechia doesn't have the economy and military Poland has. I commend Czechia and its people for their bravery and support to Ukraine in the face of a tyrannical threat. But the fact is, we need buy-in from the bigger powers: France, Italy, Germany, and increasingly Poland.
Make BAGUETTES Great Again 🥖
Czechia is more developed than Poland on a per capita basis. It just happens to be a smaller country. Although, Polish economy has been doing very well.@@billfrehe6620
Friendship ended with Slovakia.
Now Poland is my best friend.
weimar problems require weimar solutions
The V4 really seems to be falling apart. During the last meeting in Prague, only Tusk visited actual Czech president Pavel, while Orban and Fico went to former president Zeman. Also just yesterday, prime minister Fiala said that Czechia needs to change it's relations with Slovakia because of Fico's government.
Not Polands and Czechias fault that Slovakia and Hungary want to be Russian puppets so bad
as a Pole I don't agree .These countries used to have similar problems and development under the soviet union rule and later on ..I 'm afraid that Tusk is losing contact with public .He is sometimes too far-fetched thinking and may ignore or miss domestic interest .The previous government has tried to form three seas initiatives against Germany Adriatic ,Baltic and Black sea
@@piotrwojdelko1150 sorry but that's not true - PIS did few empty PR meetings in first years and that's it. V4 ended with fulfilling its goal of entering EU and NATO. Since then nothing happend with the group. PIS kind of tried to bank on stronger ties with UK& US
@@piotrwojdelko1150 I honestly don't think forming an initiave "against" Germany is a good idea in the first place. If anything Germany is our neighbour that we should work together with. Besides if there are any gouverments in the EU that go against the common interest of Europe and their own people it's Fico's and Orbán's. Although to be clear I am Czech, not Polish.
with recent political standings we feel far closer to czech than hungary or slovakia.. hungary has a literal version of our old government except even worse, less democratic and more corrupt
As a French, I welcome Poland's willingness to steer Europe. Together we can wield real power.
Emperor Palpetine vibes 😂😂
The way you ended your sentence sounded like a villain
There is no point in running Europe. But helping it, protecting it and ensuring its stability seems much more important to me.
Steer your own country and let all others do the same. Countries leadership should represent their own people.
On some praetor Rykard shit
In Czechia, we are ditching the V4, too. It has become impossible to maintain exceptional relations with the current Slovak government.
Based Czechia as always ❤️🇨🇿
Why what’s the Slovak government doing to you?
Based Slovakia 🇸🇰😎
@@RobotWithHumanHair.they’re upset cuz the Slovak government isn’t anti Russia
@@RobotWithHumanHair. Sending all of its most capable youth by failing so terribly as a country and economy in comparison
As a Hungarian, I wish the absolute best for our Polish brothers. Unlike us, they at least seemed to understand how to get a better future for themselves, and actually managed to fix their problems after communism and the turbulent times that followed the dissolution of the USSR.
I’m glad that you guys are becoming an important European power, it’s just…. a bit sad that despite our history, our current developments seem to separate us more and more. We virtually have no allies anymore, and are basically regressing, while you are progressing (along with some other nearby countries). Still, wish you the best of luck.
The times are hard and people are afraid, so they choose politicians that seem strong and conservative. One day Orban will be out and you'll be free to join the wider European community. We won't stop being friends over one guy 🇵🇱🤝🇭🇺
This far-right conservative wave is sweeping across Europe now because of economic problems thanks to the war, immigration issues and the housing crisis that was even there before the war. The problem is, people don’t realise that many of these problems were caused by these exact same populist politicians, and the only solution they seem to offer are either being pro-Russia while not contributing anything to stop the war, or deporting all kinds of random immigrants, once again not getting to the actual center of issues (that being actually unchecked immigration and a low fertility rate).
I wish people realised that this isn’t the answer, and much of the youth throughout Europe seems to realise that, wanting to see changes in the government by reforms instead of electing strongmen conservatives. Unfortunately, this issue is still growing.
Thank you for your kind words! I am sure that your governments stance on international affairs and Ukraine’s sovereignty doesn’t mean that Hungarians think the same way. We are all kind and empathetic people! Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki 🤝
Polish people never will forget about our relationship then don’t worry, you probably very well understand our point of view in this difficult time for our region. I’m sure that when trouble will start for any of us the other nation will help as a first and with everything is possible.
Pragnę Węgry w demokracji.
as a Romanian im super glad Poland chose this way, hopefully Romania and Poland can be the dynamic duo of eastern Europe and help reshape the EU into something better
Weak leaders that are WEF! EU rule takers, not makers!
Eastern Europe is the last stronghold that hasn’t succumb to mass migration
Poland didn't choose this way - my friend - Poland will have 4 years of shitty gov and constant conflict - as since the new gov has done more shit in first 4 months of power then previous in 8 years - we will have constant protests and street fighting which already started - I can 100% guarantee you are on your own now - just like Ukraine. Simply Tusk can pose with important people and work on his another given by germany position in EU. But people just got more angry here. ;)
Yep, you can sure become the next cannon fodder for NATO
@@missesCarmenB another anti-nato russophile
The biggest problem with the Weimar Triangle is all the ships that somehow keep getting lost in it.
made me chuckle!
And they keep printing tons of money
Ask the Czech Navy, they might know something!
I admire you for trying to draw a triangle. It is difficult when Paris, Frankfurt and Warsaw are on one straight line
Interesting perception.... is Frankfurt the capital of Germany?
@@henningbartels6245no I think it's Berlin since reunification finished. Choosing Weimar makes it more of an equilateral triangle though.
@@henningbartels6245Frankfurt was actually a candidate capital for West Germany. And today it is the financial capital of both Germany and Europe.
You forget about the curvature of the globe.
Berlin, wunderbar 🇩🇪! Warszawa, Pogodny! 🇵🇱 Paris, un reve!
I don't understand why this video is suggesting that Poland is ditching V4 including Czechia. Tusk himself declared that he had surprisingly many common interests with the Czech government, he even did not expect to go negotiations with Czechia so smoothly, that Tusk and Fiala even extended their own meeting many hours after it was supposed to end.
Czechia currently also punches diplomatically above its weight, as it also got much closer to France recently and leads the mission to get 800.000 artillery grenades to Ukraine.
This is a left leaning channel.
If you look closer how they exclude Czechia from map when talk about issues Poland have with V4 then you might see this is not what they intended to suggest, maybe not accented strongly enough.
To make you feel better, I will tell you that the number of errors, distortions and understatements in this and other materials is astonishing for a channel that pretends to be informative 😉
These 3 country being closer makes the world safer glad to see it
Idk about that, you do realize France is a colonial nation and if the other two are trying to cooperate, it will likely mean ignoring french imperialism for the sake of getting along.
@@stanisawzokiewski3308 what are you talking about? I hope you are not a pole...
A lot of Polish people have come to work here in the Netherlands and they're really easy to get along with. I'm glad Poland is taking a more active position in the EU. It really shows that all that investment into pulling Poland out of its Post-Soviet depression was worth it. Reminds me of the gratefulness of Western Europe to the US for the Marshall Plan. A society being pulled out of the sh** brings them closer to those who pull them out. They want to do more for the EU as a whole. Of course they want more influence too, but I think good will is a big part of it too.
Strong ties, strong cooperation are pretty nice.
And a good structural setup to encourage european development.
Yeah, Poland has come a long way in such a short time, and they're doing really well as a country, it's nice to see. They're looking to be real leaders in Europe over the coming century.
INDOENshiyans : Meneer, come to Bali 👀
That did not work on the Russians though, years of trade and they are still the same. So trade and progress is key but not the only ingredient.
@@Booz2020 *Indonesians. Also, why does that sound more like a threat than an invitation? >_> Must be the googley eyes.
As a Slovakian i wish the best for Poland❤. I hope that Poland will be ever closer to become somewhat a superpower.
Tusk is also strenghtening relationships with our northern friends: finland, sweden and norway. Morover he maintains good relationships with Latvia and Lithuania. When it comes to visegrad he said after the meeting that the group still makes sense and we have to find what we have in common when it comes to interests in europe and stick to that. To summarize: cery good diplomatic actions from Tusk for now 👌
Please, country names with a capital letters.
3:31 for future reference - Czechia is pronounced more like Checkhiya, best wishes and thank you for your service
I, for one, welcome our Chechnyan Overlords.
thanks forpointin it out. I was a bit confused when he said it and thought about Chechnya
It wouldn't be a tldr EU video without a glorious mispronunciation
Check ear.
the term "Czech" is synonymous with "factory" for people outside the czech neighborhood
A well-balanced EU is the only way to a true integration and democracy of the Union. Poland does a great job contributing to this, like it did 35 years ago starting the anti-communist revolution.
... and did a great job transforming its economy after defeating the communism, to become a regional economic leader
As a rising economic, political, and military EU superpower, Poland is a key contributor to building a more balanced and democratic European Union.
it is ironic how Putin contributed to this by mobilizing democratic forces in Poland and all around Europe
... and well-balanced and democratic EU is the only way to a truly integrated Union.
@@alanpreston2129 ... so that it's actually "European" Union, not just "Wester-European" with some satellites on the Eastern Flank.
Poland a superpower? It's really really far from it.
@@imyareka "superpower" in a european context. Poland has the potential to be the number 4 economy and military power in the eu. Because spain is struggeling hard.
As a german I look forward to work more closely with Poland. Poland is a strong and inspiring country. ♥️🇵🇱
Does this mean Germans will start referring to Gdansk as Gdansk? Or the irridentist name of Danzig? Same Szczecin, Wroclaw, etc.
@@posticusmaximus1739 I doubt given that Gdansk is rather difficult to pronounce for as German speaker. Szczecin is basically impossible....That like I you want to have a englisch speaker calling Munich with its real German name München
Just don't invade them again ok? 😂
@wildwurfler2782 Gdansk the officially recognized international name. Pronounciation has less to do with it and more so cultural disrespect. Munich is called that because that's the international name Germany approves of. Mainz is no longer called Mayence. What about Torun? Too hard to pronounce too?
@@DGoldy303Why would we. Past ist past. in the present do a litte google for "Trade volume between Poland an Germany" . Both countries make ton of money with each other. 😂
As a German Citizen having a pro EU stanze i feel like this is a important step in EU Security
It's ok to talk about all this, I just don't like the sensational title like Poland is now suddenly didging the other countries. The media has a responsibility to not polarise everything just for clicks.
More like "important step to form forth reich"
@@placek7125As a German I can assure you that no one here wants a 4th Reich - that's just a fabrication of non-German populists. What we want is a strong EU that is good for all its citizens - and on top of that an absolute necessety to counterbalance Russian military aggression, Chinese power plays and US economic oppression.
In terms of security - should Trump win the presidential elections then EU internal security policy becomes even more important. Just remember that Trump said he would encourage Russia to attack NATO members in Europe and that the USA would not come to the defence of the countries under attack. Do you want Poland to fall under Russian rule again? I highly doubt that.
Why is Spain not included? They are big country too
@@TheModeler99 France and Germany are most powerfull, Poland is the border with "east", that's always been the curse of Poland and it's blessing. Spain is a well developed country, but it doesn't have so significant role, in the security of Europe, perhaps it had in medieval times, but at the moment (it might change of course) it doesn't anymore.
It's really smart to name it Weimar Triangle since Weimar is famous for stability and successful governance.
Is this sarcastic?
Weimar is a city in Germany. And it's not that terrible
@@dehydrateddarkness3565germany after ww1 is called the weimar republic, because its constitution was drafted in that city. The period was poltically and economically unstable, chaotic and volatile. Finally the weimar era enden when the nazis took over in 1933
Well differance is this time France wont occupy the Rhur for war reparation causing more chaos in Germany in the process haha@@balazs8330
The German Weimar republic created high inflation by racking up debts to fund WW1 and also re-build after WW1 and Allied demands for restitution on top was another 1/4 of the total debt so just made things worse. However inflation was already solved by mid 1920s which is very long before Hitler rise to power. It was Nazi propaganda that inflated the concern over the economy and made Hitler appear as if he was going to save the German economy but the inflation problems ended long before he took power. The funny thing is that we can see this effect today, right now, we had inflation spike in 2021-2022 and now in 2024 inflation is basically at normal levels in most of the world but people will be complaining of inflation and high costs for many years to come. This is one of the tools Nazi used to take power the low-education people who don't understand that inflation raises prices but also income, it's a balance. And even after inflation is over they still complain for years to come which is ripe for taking advantage of unfortunately. Trump is a good example of someone taking advantage of this effect today.
Poland is not only tightens relations with France and Germany. We are also changing the orientation towards north Europe. Tusk met with prime ministers from nordic and baltic states in recent weeks. However V4 will still be usefull for us as we have some common interests despite different political view on some problems. Poland is back in Europe's mainstream but with stronger then ever position. This will be good not only for Poland but I strongly believe for Europe too.
in last 500years every time Poland was getting strong we had HUGE WARS in Europe... and WORLD. Just saying .
Poland has a great chance to develop and be a bigger player in the EU, especially with the UK out. I think long term Hungary will be kicked out of EU
As a Swede I was about to say something similar, I'll just point out that it's not a change in orientation but a strengthening of an already strong bond. We share the belief that the only path to a just and peaceful world is through the close cooperation between strong independent nations, so while we are strong supporters of EU we'll never let it become our ruler. Many western leaders like to claim they stand up for freedom and democracy but when Russia gave us an opportunity to prove it the result was "not terrible, not great".
Sweden's strategic interest has for centuries been the area around the Baltic Sea and Poland is our strategically crucial partner in trade, defense and not least politics. A strong Poland is important for us and we share many political objective, like helping more Eastern European nations escape the prison of imperialistic tyranny so they too can become our strong independent democratic partners. We have been working together to get Ukraine into EU for several decades but was met with resistance from Putin-understanders. When Georgia was invaded in 2008 Poland and Sweden launched the EU Eastern Partnership as a stepping stone for Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
"It's time to look to the east to see what we can do to strengthen democracy," Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Monday (26 May), after presenting the project to the rest of the EU club with his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski
I think it's time for Poland and Sweden to take the lead in defending freedom and democracy, even when it's dangerous and hard, no matter what insane threats Russia makes there's nothing that scares me more than the consequence of allowing tyranny to win.
@@munaali840Poland had a great chance -- well... until Tusk came into office.
Baltic states are cool
I'm hungarian, and i understand. Poland was our best friend in the Union, and we betrayed them by supporting Russia.
It's also important for Poland to represent Eastern interests within the Union in a productive and positive way, instead of the temper tantrums and backstabbing that my country prefers.
Come back brother. Europe or nothing,🇪🇺
I feel like it’s too late for us, unfortunately. Half of the country is really Eurosceptic usually thanks to government propaganda, and most people who are more pro-Europe tend to leave this country for the West. This ensures that this government will stay in power (as well as their well established non-democratic tactics), but even if the opposition wins by some miracle, we will basically have the same set of corrupt politicians, just with new faces. We don’t really have anyone we can count on at the moment.
Love to all the many based Hungarians❤️🇭🇺
@@PeterPeter-pr2hi Well, god damn. That's depressing.
@@PeterPeter-pr2hi I feel for you and I am perfectly aware that it will be much more difficult for people of Hungary to kick its government out. Poland voted out its Orban style government at the very last moment. We knew there would be no secong chance. Dudes like Kaczyński and Orban always want more.
As a Polish person, I will side with France because they can get me into space. Unlike those Hungarians who only want into buffet.
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Śmieję się xD
POLANDBALL MENTIONED
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Polish space program?! Lets make it real.
That plan makes a lot of sense: A massive conventional army, the nuclear backstop and a huge manufacturer of arms.
Its honestly a powerful trifecta. France has a powerful army with expeditionary capabilities, Poland with largest standing army. Germany the bank and manufacturing king.
It’s Slovakia and Hungary choosing Russia over Visegrad group rather than Poland choosing France and Germany over Visegrad
Well said.
Make BAGUETTES Great Again 🥖
not slovakia, only around 40% of the country
Nah. It's just that whe russophobia is the norm and not being an enemy is of Russia is seen by the media and all the marxists as being its friend.
French stonks rising XD
Poland 🇵🇱 is becoming a major European power. It's normal that they want sit on the table with France and Germany to decide where the EU is going
More like juust tagging along with Western Europe
@caydcrow5161 better than being left alone on the ice imo
@@caydcrow5161 Also better than tearing the EU apart together with Putins puppets
@@caydcrow5161 nope, Poland is in Central Europe and there is our place. As a polish I prefer to be tagged that way. Cheers!
@@ThePawcios you mean eastern European?
As a German I fully support and encourage the idea of a bigger polish influence in the EU and a closer partnership with Poland. Poland as an equal pro EU partner could be key for European autonomy and defense.
Does that mean Germany will pay for it's genocide of Poland with reparations?
It would be hard to talk about Poland as an equal partner in this triangle. Still, maybe it will work also for us in a way...
Thanks mate, As a Pole I am happy with the fact that we can restart PL-DE relations. No more "germany bad" rhetoric here.
@@AlphaTVytobviously you’re gonna celebrate German lobbying to buy siemens wind plants and block nuclear power plant development.
@@AlphaTVyt I'm glad to hear that, seriously.
As a Pole I always felt ashamed about previous goverement’s anti-German and especially anti-French retoric. It just felt so… aimless. We destroyed the vibes with our allies over some bullshit and gained nothing. What’s the point?
For anyone reading this. Above ^ you have a perfect example of someone with inferiority complex. A economically and militarily strong Poland has never been in the interest of Germany. That's why they've done a lot to stop the construction of the Świno-ujście port, by e.g. claiming the waters they've exchanged to us in a treaty (which were meant to be deepened to allow for bigger ships) are now birds reservoirs and artillery training sites or on the other hand saying how harmful the project apparently is to local wild life. They also work hard to stop any initiative of making our rivers navigable (especially the Odra, which is the border defining our common border). They are also trying to stop us from building nuclear reactors.
This should make it very clear that Germany is not interested in an equal partnership (which was also observable in the 1930s and -40s), but rather one of overlord and vassal.
@@wojtekkkk co masz na myśli mówiąc "Niemcy"? Żaden przedstawiciel niemieckiego rządu nie był przeciwny tym inwestycjom. I żaden Niemiec którego spytasz na ulicy nie będzie nawet wiedział o co ci chodzi. Traktujesz głosy jakiś aktywistów, Burmistrzów albo podrzędnej prasy jako stanowisko narodu?
To tak jakby ktoś traktował to co mówi Korwin albo pisze super-expres jako coś co Polacy myślą i czują.
No cmon
@@imcbociandlaczego przeciętny niemiec miałby coś o tym wiedzieć? Przeciętny Polak nie wie co robi CBŚP, jak rząd pomaga opozycji białorusińskiej itd. Przeciętny Amerykanin nie ma pojęcia nt. tego co robi CIA i FBI, jedynie się domyśla.
Wielu z tych tzn. ,,aktywistów" są sponsorowani poprzez rząd niemiecki, a więc nie są byle kim. Tak samo jak lokalne samorządy niemieckie mających przedstawicieli partii rządzącej nie działają samodzielnie, lecz są częścią większej struktury (rządu).
Gospodarczo silna Polska po prostu nie jest korzystna Niemiecom. Nie z jakiś tam ideologicznych powodów, lecz z perspektywy czystej ekonomii.
Podobnie jak konkurencje ze strony Ukrainy była by dla nas nie korzystna.
Tak więc nie możemy opierać się na Niemcach (które już znajdują się w stagnacji gospodarczej) w celach wzrostu gospodarczego.
Tu nie chodzi o jakieś tam konspiracje, lecz o dobro naszej ojczyzny.
@@imcbociandlaczego Niemiec z ulicy powinien coś o tym wiedzieć? Czy jako obywatel Polski zdajesz sobie sprawę w jakim stopniu popieramy opozycję białoruską lub ile broni w dalszym ciągu wysyłamy na Ukrainę? Czy obywatele USA wiedzą co robi CIA i FBI w obcych państwach? Odpowiedź to dwa razy nie.
Ci niejacy "aktywiści" o których wspomniałeś zbyt często są sponsorowani przez rząd niemiecki by był to przypadek. Tak samo ci burmistrzi nadgraniczni nie działają w próżni, lecz są częścią tak zwanego państwa.
Tu nie chodzi o to, że Niemcy z powodu jakieś spiskowej ideologii nas nienawidzą, bo wcale tak nie jest. Gospodarczo silna Polska po prostu nie jest korzystna dla Niemiec, czy to z punktu czystej ekonomii czy polityki. Konkurencja nigdy nie jest korzystna dla poszczególnych uczestników. Podobnie jak dla nas zbyt silna i konkurencyjna Ukraina także nie byłaby korzystna.
A więc nasza polityka względem Niemiec może być albo przyjęcia niemieckiej hegemonii i uzależnić nasz rozwój od niemieckiego (co gdyby mieli trend wzrostu nie byłoby wcale złym pomysłem) albo próbować aktywnie rywalizować z nimi (czy to gospodarczo czy politycznie) o pozycje w Europie.
@@imcbociandlaczego Niemiec z ulicy powinien coś o tym wiedzieć? Czy jako obywatel Polski zdajesz sobie sprawę w jakim stopniu popieramy opozycję białoruską lub ile broni w dalszym ciągu wysyłamy na Ukrainę? Czy obywatele USA wiedzą co robi CIA i FBI w obcych państwach? Odpowiedź to dwa razy nie.
Ci niejacy "aktywiści" o których wspomniałeś zbyt często są sponsorowani przez rząd niemiecki by był to przypadek. Tak samo ci burmistrzi nadgraniczni nie działają w próżni, lecz są częścią tak zwanego państwa.
Tu nie chodzi o to, że Niemcy z powodu jakieś spiskowej ideologii nas nienawidzą, bo wcale tak nie jest. Gospodarczo silna Polska po prostu nie jest korzystna dla Niemiec, czy to z punktu czystej ekonomii czy polityki. Konkurencja nigdy nie jest korzystna dla poszczególnych uczestników. Podobnie jak dla nas zbyt silna i konkurencyjna Ukraina także nie byłaby korzystna.
A więc nasza polityka względem Niemiec może być albo przyjęcia niemieckiej hegemonii i uzależnić nasz rozwój od niemieckiego (co gdyby mieli trend wzrostu nie byłoby wcale złym pomysłem) albo próbować aktywnie rywalizować z nimi (czy to gospodarczo czy politycznie) o pozycje w Europie.
If you're going to pronounce Weimar with a V sound, please also render Visegrád as "VISH-eh-GRAHD" and Czechia as "CHECK-ee-ah"
I live in a far away land where people eat gumbo, crawfish, jambalaya, and étouffée. Poland is my favorite country in the EU. I also like France because where I live was once governed by France.
Greetings to Louisiana 🇪🇺❤️🇺🇲
@@malcolmy3413 Greetings to you 😊
Make BAGUETTEs Great Again 🥖
And how is that relevant to to the video in a geopolitical manner? What was the point of that? No wonder Europeans say what they do about your country.
@@JM-gu3tx Who hurt you? You need a hug?
Poland is still friendly with Czechia but less so with Hungary and Slovakia.
based
We must hope that Slovakia and Hungary can some day follow the example of Poland in getting rid of governments with totalitarian tendencies. Czechia might also go through the same cycle soon, unfortunately.
(I was born in Slovakia and live in Czechia)
Is that really so?
That’s a shame.
Slovakia is a great country
@@matejlieskovsky9625 "getting rid of governments with totalitarian tendencies" XD Wasn't PiS doing whatever they wanted up to just last year? Poland doesn't have left parties either, only an spectrum of right wing parties, so I would argue totalitarian tendencies are still there
Čečia, that one was painful. But great video
I wouldn't even think of that as "end" to V4. It's just waiting time while Slovak and Hungarian governments are... like this.
With Czechs relations seem better than ever
They were always good between us. Only small disputes in history, but lived pretty peacefully next to each other for hundreds of years, that’s a pretty good feat in Europe.
I think france-germany-poland-czechia makes so much sense nowadays since all countries have pretty outstanding relations with each other and pretty intertwined economies.
@@Scroapy we are too small to be of any importance, but we will support polish and Germans for sure, with french we have difficult relationship. They betrayed us hard.
@@evzenkastl6386 That is false. Sweeden, Finland or even Switzerland are smaller and IO would not say they are even slightest a bit irrelevant. We are not small for being big European player. Luxembourg is small and look where they are.
@@vladimirbrabec69 yeah they are irrelevant.
Welcome back, Poland! We missed you, and we need you (Czechia also welcome to join)
🇸🇰please let us in
@@miloslavtokar1080You are in but Slovak goverment prefer to suport Russia
The fuck you mean "welcome back"? The fuck do you think we've been? Unlike you we've been actually supporting the country to our east, and not sending 5 000 helmets instead of weapons. Unlike you we've been working on building actual green energy, called nuclear, and not turning it off in exchange for coal and russian oil and gas. But now all's gone to dust, because a german puppet has been elected to the position of prime minister, by a manipulated mass of people with inferiority complex.
@@Vatras888 I don't want the government, i greatly dislike fico and the current SMER-HLAS-SNS parliamentary coalition
@@miloslavtokar1080 I know. Goverment will change. If not next elections than another but finaly it will. It always does.
It is not VICE GRAD. It is Visegrad. It is named after a castle on the Danube. It is pronounced VI as in "visual", SE as in "segregate", GRAD is as you might expect except that the A is pronounced as in "arse" or "Arctic".
Shut up
It’s not SE as in “segregate” but SHE as in “shepherd”
redundant now, have you paid attention?
bro doesnt know how to pronnounce Czechia instead, bro called it Chechnya freal
Since Visegrád is a slavic name, but written in Hungarian orthography, it has to be pronounced Vee-Sha-Grád (á like British English apple).
Thank you very much for the video from Odesa, Ukraine
I hope you are safe over there 🇺🇦❤️
Slava 🇹🇼 Heroyam TAIWANese 🦾
I wish Romania would've had a similar ascension to Poland & would be anywhere in the picture here.
You were always a friend to us. Poland and Romania play especially important role on the east flank of NATO. We are brothers.
@@todroz Thank you brother, may we stay united & grow stronger together 🙂🇷🇴❤🇵🇱
@@dyawr so will be. 🤝
Romania, from what I see, is going in that direction. Greetings from Poland!
Poland and Romania must build motorways, high-speed railways and other infrastructure that will bring them closer together and will boost their economies. This is the only way to integrate closer.
Wouldn't "Weimar Banana" be a more apt name? One has to be - very - generous with ones geometry to see that geographic area as a triangle.
You’re right, but it’s too phallic-sounding for the media 😂
Every 3 points create a triangle, provided they are all not on the same straight line. So geometrically, it absolutely is a triangle.
@@MaciaLanss
True, but the triangle shape in this case would cover northern Checzia as well, a country that has nothing to do with the constellation of countries involved. So it's a bad shape to describe the group.
Oh no... it just reminds me of our former minister of economics (in Hungary) who published an economic map of Hungary labelling the regions with names like Hungarian banana, Southern Hungarian boomerang or Balaton fish... :D
May God Three in One bless Polska,France ,Germany and Ukraine.
3:33 ah yes! The famous "Czeczia". Bro, it was Czech Republic, so call it Czechia. It's not that hard.
He probably said Czecz beforehand
Bohemia. As all the fu''cking centuries before.
Strategic independence in matters of defense, technology or energy is not a dream of President Macron, it is an absolute necessity already highlighted by Charle De Gaulle and supported by all French presidents for 60 years.
The possible election of Donald Trump and the possible disengagement of the USA from NATO once again shows the relevance of this long, very long fight.
The EU turning into an Neo-Empire is both wise and terrifying. The EU needs immigrants and yet they can't allow immigrants to think these are individual countries that have an undefined pluralistic culture. European nationalism is needed for purely economic/demographic needs, forget Russia. If I were a selfish EU citizen I would want an all powerful super state. As a Canadian my only interest in the EU is promotion of the french language. Returning to Gaullism would do that. But unselfishly, I fear a unite European if it's construction is based on national neededs and not democracy.
EU certainly does NOT need immigrants. You can keep them in Canada and enjoy your soulless multicultural society.
Considering the current governments of Slovakia and Hungary, its not surprising the Weimar Triangle is coming back to the fold and will become a lot more influential in the EU. Also like to point out, with Fisco's government being the way it is in Slovakia, Czechia is also seemingly leaving the group as well.
It is surprising how much question there is over who the 3rd most important EU state is. Logically it should be Italy, but they don’t seem to grab that role much, so Poland (and sometimes Spain?) seems able to claim it.
It would easily be the UK if they didnt Brexit. Italy and Spain are good candidates, but the current geopolitical challenges have given Poland more spotlight. Plus they really declined since the financial criss while Poland is economically and militarily on the rise.
Cóż wlochy są dużym silnym panstwem ale ich zadłużenie nie pozwala na gwałtowne przyspieszenie zbrojeń.. I tak czolgi które chcą kupić i unowocześnienie ich ariete to dużo. Nie zapominamy ze dzięki Włochów mamy osłonę północy polski. Prawie cały czas znajduje się w polsce włoska fregata oslaniajaca nas przed rosjanami. Dzięki sojusznicy z Włoch. . Czeka nas dużo wydatków.. Budujemy z w.brytania dla naszej polskiej floty 3 fregaty z opcją na następne 5 sztuk.
Location. Location. Location. Poland is at the front-line and is forced to be active. Spain and Italy were hit hard by 2008 crisis and have massive amount of debt so seem to be happy to focus on their internal affairs. Poland cannot afford it. Also you should note that Poland is not alone - it has varying level of support from Nordic, Baltic countries, Czechia and Romania on the key topic of security.
I appreciate you pronouncing Tusk correctly xD Best regards!
Vice-grad
Chechia
Damn you couldve devoted 5 more minutes to getting the sounds right
They pronounce everything in english and thats allright.
@@icephoenix5466 do english speakers actually pronounce it like that?? 😭😭😭😭
I don't really mind. I'm eastern European, we absolutely do not pronounce western words "correctly".
Czechia’s official English pronunciation is ˈt͡ʃɛkiə (CHECKia). No one’s expecting a Czech pronunciation, but the correct English one doesn’t seem too much to ask for
My ears are bleeding, too. This violation of pronouncing local names correctly is very irritating for continental Europeans.
As an American, I think this is a great thing. This Weimar Triangle could help balance the EU.
As an American you obviously have no clue. You know how America instituted puppet governments in certain countries in order to gain more control over them? Tusk is exactly such a puppet, only that he's working for Germany.
I hope Poland does push the EU to take their own military security more seriously. Poland has felt the boot of Russia and can lead in the defensive resurgence in Europe.
You got a crazy inferiority complex
Best wishes to Poland from Slovakia. May the Czechs join you as the normal part of the visegrad
@tldr I need to call you out on this!!! Wyszechrad group is 4 countries! if one saw the recent summit in Prague it is clear that there is a division amount the polish+Czechia vs Slovakia+Hungary narratives however saying that polish relations with it's Czech neighbour may deteriorate bc of this situation is a stretch at the very least. Tusk and Fiala even had a separate press conference. Im Polish and I did Erasmus in Prague... There is no reseon to feed into a narrative corroding Czech perspective on polish ppl and the relations between them
As a Czech, I very much agree with this. With the situation in SK and H our relations will probably even deepen which i am glad since I like our polish neighbours (never forgetting czieszyn region tho!!! 😂😂😂). My country is just probably too small for him to go deeper into our relationship with Poland.
If Poland, Germany, France and the Uk legitimately begin to view each other as fellow Europeans (and not European nations competing with each other) .. that is a serious powerhouse that could probably be right on par with the US and way ahead of China
Like that ever is gonna happen... France, Germany and UK are only interested in strenghtening of their position over other European countries. They view Poland and rest of Eastern Europe as only source of cheap resources and 2nd rate market.
Poland, Germany and France all ready view each other as Europeans it is the UK that thanks to the naivety of brexit is out in the cold!.
Poland is definitely on the verge becoming a huge economic player in Europe with France and Germany, and that´s not surprising.
Musimy uwzględniać wszystkie kraje i ich interesy. By mogły się rozwijać i być bezpieczne.
It is Italy and Spain the 3rd and 4th powerhouses of EU
Indeed. And they could have had that for years. We here in Germany would have certainly welcomed that given that Poland has become our 5th biggest trade partner. Problem was the PIS that crippled Poland political potential. They went with aggressive anti German and EU rhetoric all the time so that there was no working with them. Tusk is a way more intelligent politician. He realized now that the UK is out of the EU there is an open place on the big table and decided to work with France and Germany and secured a lot more political influence for Poland as both Germany and France are happy to share if they have someone reasonable at the table who they can work with. Easy as that. The EU is all about compromise. Shit like Orban pulls will just isolate you in the EU.
No we aren't. We don't have our domestic, strong and advanced industry and we depend way too much on imports. Poland is still long way from being important player in world economy and politics.
@@cybernetic_crocodile8462tak, 21 gospodarka świata! faktycznie jesteśmy daleko…
Please, pronounce the CH in the middle of CzeCHia as a hard K (as it's supposed to be pronounced). Last thing we need is more people mistaking us for Chechnya...
It's supposed to be pronounced as an H as Hitler but alright.
@@wojtekkkk no, it's not, wtf are you talking about?
3:32
Yeah, the Cecia
Interesting video, but as a Czech I don't know why are you taking about Cecenia
As a Pole I am glad this happens, we do not share the same views as Hungary for quite some time already. Orban became irrelevant and now Slovakia started being same.
UK left and its place in EU politics is being taken by Poland.
UK's place was not to allow Franco-German domination and pushing their national interest and globalist agenda, disregarding everyone else.
UK was too weak so they left.
Idk how we can take their place on our own.
It was very unfortunate (for us) that UK left as they were usually voice of reason.
You do realize Germany is in an economic recession right? LOL
@@alileevillol maybe, but put it in perspective for what happened to germany recently. germany is pretty resilient
@@alileevil and its relative to my comment because? lol
@@wujujuju5111 Still resilient, the emphasis is on still
It's good to see Poland asserting itself with more confidence. Hopefully it would lead to a greater balance of power and influence on the European continent.
More confidence? Becoming a lackey of Germany is showing more confidence? Yeah alright imperialists always have this weird kind of sense of justice and righteousness...
France and Germany have been waiting very very long for Poland to join. PLEASE have a seat at the table of the reasonable. And leave that visegrad madness that leads nowhere.
"have a seat at the table of the reasonable" Is that what Hitler was saying to Poland in 1939? Why wasn't Poland just reasonable enough to give away Gdansk??????????
@@wojtekkkkmordo to było 85 lat temu, stosunki międzynarodowe prezentują się dzisiaj nieco inaczej. O ile zgadzam się np. że Polska powinna otrzymać reparacje, to nie możemy bazować polskiej polityki międzynarodowej na martyrologii, tylko wykorzystywać swój aktualny potencjał. Fajnie by było, gdyby świat wreszcie przestał kojarzyć Polskę tylko z IIWŚ, co? Ile można? Mamy więcej do zaoferowania niż historia okresu 1939-1944, ba, nasza historia się wtedy nie zaczęła. Polska jest podzielona i mi nie odpowiada, że tylko dwie partie dominują etc., ale nie antagonizujmy tego zŁeGo Tuska, zobaczymy jak będzie. Zbliża się prezydencja Polski w EU i rząd ma ambitne plany, pozostaje patrzeć i trzeźwo myśleć, analizować.
@@xav1755ziomo, ja się z tobą na 100% zgadzam że nie powinniśmy prowadzić polityki naszej na podstawie martyrologii. A proszenie o reparacje to w ogóle jedna z najbardziej żałosnych rzeczy które mogę sobie wyobrazić.
Nie zmienna to faktu że, nawet jeśli Niemcy są naszym tzn. partnerem, to jednocześnie i są naszym konkurentem. Żyjemy w czasach korzystnych dla nas. Niemcy są w stagnacji, a więc to my musimy przejąć inicjatywę i przekonać resztę krajów europy (środkowo-wschodnio-północno-południowej) że właśnie z nami osiągnął wzrost gospodarczy i polityczny. Musimy maksymalnie inwestować w polskie sektor wysokich technologii i przemysł ciężki, a nie tam w żadne zagraniczne firmy. Najgorsze co nam się może stać jest to, że na zawsze zostaniemy poddostawcami dla Niemiec czy innych państewek. W ogóle wyrzućmy ten kompleks mniejszości, który powoduje, że każdy ambitniejszy projekt (czytaj CPK, port w Świnoujściu, żeglowna Odra i Wisła) jest określany mianem megalomanii.
@@wojtekkkk A no to się w pełni zgadzamy mordini, tj. najzwyczajniej w świecie myślimy rozsądnie. A co do reparacji od Niemiec, no to nie mamy nawet podstaw prawnych (te mamy tylko przy domaganiu się ich od… Rosji xD).
So why germans treat us like kids and don't listen us?
Poland is a country that in regards to size, population, military and economic potential deserves to play an important role in Europe, and not sit at the children's table of Visegrád, which the past government has set up to protect themselves from EU investigation. Visegrád is dying anyways, Czechia is now also stopping negotiations with Hungary and Slovakia. It will only be those two pariah countries left, and depending on how the elections go, they will reorient themselves towards Austria, Slovenia and Romania. Poland is better of without them.
Visegrad is not a “children seat”
It’s a group of countries with a common sense, who doesn’t want their countries to disappear and drown under the Arab occupation of Europe.
"children's table of Visegrád, which the past government has set up to protect themselves from EU investigation" - you know V4 has its roots in the middle ages right? :D
@@csat1078
It really doesn't change the reality of visegard not being internationally prominent compared to western europe
@@ayoCC you all talk an awful lot about it being not so " internationally prominent " and a "children's table" :D. It is important for its members (and there were others nearby whom seriously wanted to join multiple times :) ). And it seems its also important for those outside of it because they constantly try to dismantle it in one way or another. If its not important why are we even talking about it? Why is there a video out about it? :)
@@ayoCC well to be fair nobody outside the EU knows the BeNeLux exists. and probably most of Europe doesn't know that either.
but still for Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg their (little) cooperation that is the BeNeLux works great.
and it was even used as a kind of blueprint for the EEC back in the day.
so a close cooperation between several EU members can work.
but for it to work the members need to stand together.
As a czech Im glad for our Polish friends who ditched their authoritarian government and moved to the West unlike our slovak brothers. Right now we are closer to Poland then Slovakia and its sad but it was the choice of the slovak people.
As a pole I feel the exact opposite. We should be moving closer to God. EU is the opposite.
@@AlexBrucki What does that even mean? "Closer to god not the EU?" I dont understand
@@AlexBruckiBack to 1300s? Or Union with Vatican?
@@martinvyslouzil2163 in what way was the previous government authoritarian?
Meh, we just replaced one with the other. Both parties are only playing off each other, dividing the country in two.
United we stay strong.
Polska or Polsha is a great country. Hi from Bulgaria, We have Polish trams and trolleybuses in Sofia and Lithuanian wodka 🤣 not very "casual"
Nie macie Polskiej wódki?😱Pozdrawiam z Polski🍻
Poland has really stepped up these last few years. A strong assertive Poland is only good news for the EU especially in the context of Brexit.
That’s definitely the better choice for Poland: I’m not saying that the V4 is bad, however, considering the behaviour of the Slovakian and (especially) Hungarian governments, that’s definitely the best choice by far.
as for Visegrad than its future is in the large infrastructure projects that can be done together, agroculture and education (acording to the Czech presidential office)
It's simply quite amazing how Tusk grew in terms of political viewpoints; his tenure as president of the EU council and Russia's imperialistic hostilities must've been like eye openers to him, and I for one am all for the new eu-centric leader that he has become.
Yeah real eye opener after having co-operated with Putin.
@@wojtekkkk
Yeah, he made a mistake by being friendly with Putin back then; that's what I'm saying, he seems to have learned from it and become a better person for it.
@@Brown95PIf he was incapable of seeing the consequences of working with Putin back then, I doubt he's the man for the job. E.g. his oponent Kaczynski has had always a clear stance against Putin.
@@wojtekkkk
Ah, yes, Kaczynski, the leader of a party who has consistently been buddy-buddy with the likes of Viktor Orban, who himself could lick Putin's and Xi Jinping's bloodied boots every single day if his country wasn't so dependent on the EU. Very clear anti-Russia stance, there.
@@wojtekkkkKaczynski also has a clear stance regarding Germany, completely stupid stance. Tusk has strategic interests of Poland in his politics, Kaczynski lives in the past an can't control his emotions. He praises nationality and religion more than people.
European Union needs to counter balance the new global superpowers by good integration, led by the strongest from both western and central Europe, like Poland.
I'm happy that Poland turns West and it wants to become a main actor at the European stage.
Ah yes becoming a main actor by becoming a vassal of Germany. Makes so much sense.
@@wojtekkkk PiS Poland was a vassal of Russia. It's now of importance at the European level
I mean, Poland and Czechia are cool with each other. Slovakia is an unknown right now, and Hungary got hijacked by Orban.
in slovakia we have little bit of identity crisis or “punk phase” where some old imbecils complain about EU all the time but using it’s benefits all the time. Also Capital city and rest of the country are like two different states, u can feel the difference just couple of km outisde of city.
@richardkinier3493 support independent Bratislava!!!!!
Def a good move on Poland’s side. They have so much potential. They needed to realign and sit at the big kid’s table rather than with those weirdo misfits.
yes, however, these " weirdo misfits" are also EU, and they have they say as well. Hopefully though, they will end this insanity of siding with Russia, who treated them badly for centuries
@@backpackingbold Totally agree. I know I sounded very dismissive right there, I think it's the friendliness towards Russia during a time of war what I find outrageous. And honestly, the Czech Republic, despite also being part of that group, I find more pro-EU than the other two countries.
They have so much potential which they all threw away electing german puppet Tusk. Such a shame...
I am a Hungarian living in Slovakia, which is my country of birth. I am very sad to see shady leaders in my country, but I am glad that our neighbors keep looking up and forward. Russia is heavily invested in our domestic politics, pulling strings in the back. Real education, financial and political, just did not reach the majority of these countries. Populists keep the voters dumb so they have an easy way to victory in election cycles. Unfortunately they do not understand the simple fact, that if you make the population small in order to manipulate them, one day they will realize that it is not possible to do great things with small people :( Hungary is already in a deep financial and mental black hole. Slovakia is on a different track, but the signs are there that we will be dumbed down more and more in the coming decades. Only way to avoid this is to pump more money into education than Russians pump into social media influence in order to create division among people.
Politics aside, the actual poeple of V4 are really close culturally and always will be strong together no matter of who is the government.
Well i would not say that the V4 is falling apart entirely, there are just to sides Czechia and Poland x Hungary and Slovakia. You should mention that the Czech-polish relations are now better than ever, because Poland is finally ideologically closer to czech republic. Dont put the rest of the V4 together if it it not true for all of the countries. Czechia is also ditching Slovakia because of the same issues as Poland even though we still share on the human level a lot of compassion and friendlines, on the political level it is just not compatible. Also please for a future, look up how to pronounce Czechia :D Thank you for the content
As a czech i understand ngl. Feels like we are kinda left behind in a limbo now but if i was poland id do the same
I do not think you are left behind - just current Czechia's and Poland's policy with respect to security is almost the same - no need to convince you. Germany and France on the other hand do need some convincing.
Czechia vibing, I wish the best for them.
Poland as the 5th most populated country in the EU has a lot of influence, which it can use to achieve greater goals by coorporating with bigger countries instead of visegrad
Weimar is a good platform for conversation but not a real block.
There is too much conflict of interests.
And Poland is a 3rd wheeler to Franco-German duo.
Short term Poland needs close military cooperation with Baltic states, Sweden and Finland, Romania.
Long term project is intermarium.
Visegrad may still be usefull just not at the moment.
poland still can tighten the relations with france and germany. the polish economy is totally dependend on germany. hence it makes sense to be close and to move something together since it wouldnt be as straight forward for germany to replace poland, especially in germanys current economic situation. poland can take advantage of it to make a win-win-win situation. in the meantime, with a stronger economy with stronger ties, poland can work on its defense together with the countries you mentioned.@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139
With Slovakia and Hungary having proRussia government there is no much of V4 left.
You pronounce it "vee-she-grad", not "vice-grad".
Right
Czechia could also be included in this group perhaps
Me, born in Poland and living in Germany, would love it.
To takie typowe
To me, it seems like even tho Weimar triangle is a good idea (if done correctly) for european integration, Poland should not ditch Visegrad. To me, Fico and Orban will not rule forever, and eventually, a pro-european backlash should happen sooner or later. Poland then should play a leading role in those countries' re-integration, potentially even leading a bloc even bigger than V4, not in oposition to EU but for it.
Jako Polak zgadzam się z tobą i uważam ze nie powinnismy zostawiać naszych słowackich i węgierskich przyjaciół na pastwę Rosji.
The poles got out of the hood. Congrats
Good relationships with all neighbouring countries are always beneficial, but never become hostage to any.
As V4 seam more like regional cooperation to join EU and NATO it feels like it starts to fade away or have internal crisis due to being stuck in zone 2 vs 2 where countries starts to feel their own way. From other side we can say that this group grow into 3 seas initiative where V4 is in centre of everything. This is however this is straight closer economic cooperation within EU. And countries outside of EU could only observe and not be active member.
Weimar on the other side was close cooperation in security, but it had a problem of feeling like it was 2+1 where decisions were made even before meetings. If this has to return then better it be this time more balanced or it can lead to even bigger problems across EU.
while i support cooperation with France, i also rly hope we continue to pursue V4 cooperation.
Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary can really achieve a lot together. its just a shame that Orban's goverment is dragging the whole V4 down :(
Honestly im most disappointed in Slovakia right now, they until very recently looked like they have so much potential, but somehow all of that seems to disappear now :(
Hungary is doomed for quite a while now, but Slovakia had many chances and didn't manage.
As a Czech person, Poland leaving Visegrad behind would be an amazing first step to finally dissolving it. It was always a stupid way for our mediocre cohort of politicians to conspire and hold back all 4 of our countries. Visegrad being weaker makes PiS and Orban weaker, as well as our previous President Zeman, so we'd be removing so much dead weight that stood in the way of European reform.
What European reform? Federalisation (or rather centralisation)? Relocation of migrants? Green deal?
These reforms are obviously dangerous and not beneficial to us.
Visegrad was deeply flawed but it had it's uses.
I wish UK never left EU, we could try to cooperate with them.
Right now local clubs like V4 (maybe not V4 itself) are nessecary to balance Germany and France and not drift in the direction pointed by them.
Weimar is a fictional block, Poland is a 3rd wheeler and Czechia is not even included.
Eastern European countries should band together to protect our interests inside EU because we're too small to have any influence on our own. Even Poland.
PiS and Orban are corrupt and EU used it against them but they were right in many cases. Commision often used rule of law as an excuse to take away voice from our region and neglect our interests.
V4 would've made sense if all 4 countries shared at least the basic values and opinions on security, economy, democracy and cooperation. After the last round of elections that's not the case anymore. Now V4 is just a relic of the outdated views our previous governments had and therefore should die out.@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139
As a Polish I agree. V4 is bad idea. We should westernised instead of forming club of post soviet countries. Whidout Poland V4 will fall apart. At least this depend on us. Hungary and Slovakia can run it alone and they prefer to stick with Putin.
We have our own place on the map of Europe and our own interests. I would appreciate the existence of a Northern-Southern block of countries realising we have little common interest with the two countries that are close in the alphabet to each other which have recently been known mostly for their silly ideas dragging the whole continent down. No to the federalisation of Europe, no to bearing the consequences of straight silly or lobbied ideas mostly originating in Germany. It's too broad a topic for a YT comment so I will simply go to the Europarliamentary elections this year and give my vote to the first sane Eurosceptic I select from the list.
@@Vatras888 What do you mean by "westernise"?
Lets hope the rest of V4 changes their stance so we can be united once more
"Chechia" jeez
I think it would be really helpful if the UK was back w/the E.U.
The UK is welcome to rejoin. But the UK needs to figure things out for themselves first.
I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for, but in the next few decades I think there may be an opportunity to create a EU military. Personally, I don't think that makes sense without the UK.
@@a5cent This would obviously be a good thing but between logic and politics... it's not a hole, it's a chasm.
Economically yes.
But no, I don't want domestic legislation created outside of the country.
Things may suck economically right now, but they will get better, I'd hope.
It will probably happen in the future given young brits are favorable to the EU, or they could just follow Iceland, Liechtenstein and Noway and join in the EEA and EFTA instead.
Impossible for it to get better as long as the tories, labour or ruzzian bootlickers are around @moritamikamikara3879
As a Pole, I feel a strong connection to our Slavic counterparts. We should stand united. However, if some members of the Visegrád Four dismiss the idea of Ukraine free from Russia's oppression, there is no way to move forward. Solidarity among Slavic nations, especially in supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty is far more important than the cohesion of the V4 group. This fundamental truth must guide our path forward, prioritizing our shared values and commitment to freedom above all.
Ukraine is not our brotherly nation and we shouldn’t sacrifice our existing relationships for that country. Ukraine struggles to accept the responsibility for Wołyń, and has consistently shown unappreciative behaviour towards Poland and what we’ve done for her.
@@vibranium-riprich314Russian bot 😂
@@Mateuszukaszewski co dupa cię swędzi bo nie podlizuje się naszym ’braciom’? Ty napewno jak pajac masz jakiś problem z rolnikami bo protestują przeciw Ukraińskim zbożem bo ’ Ukraina chroni ’ wolność ’ i trzeba im się dawać wszystko tak?
Tak slava rossii cwelu
@@vibranium-riprich314 We shared a country with Ukrainians for hundreds of years. Lvov and Kraków were in the same country for 600 years. Kyiv nad Kraków close to 300 years. And matter of Wołyń is very complex and grave but should be dealt with after the war is over. It is strange that it appears so often while USSR killed 10x more Poles and somehow no one reminds it...
@@jacekpliszka5326 Nie porównywaj jak nie wiesz synu czym był Wołyń przy Katyniu
To już sam Putin przeprosił oficjalnie za Katyń a Ukraincy nie dość że Banderę chwalą to jeszcze Szuchiewicza, architekt rzezi. Moja rodzina pochodzi w tych ziem i dziadkowie musieli się przeprowadzić fo Lwowa kiedy ukraincy nacjonaliści jeszcze grozili polskim wieśniakom smierć w 1941. Dla mnie ten naród zawsze był i będzie szlakiem i niech Rosja zrobi z nimi co chce, ukraincy w Polsce mnie już za barzo wkurwili a Rusek nie
It's just that common sense is more prevalent in Hungary and Slovakia.
Poland is an amazing country doing amazing things. Much more than the rest of Europe.
Congratulations on the ingenious pronunciations of Vyšehrad and Czechia!
Honestly with Tusk at the Helm of Poland I'm much more comfortable with their position (and possibly rising position) in the EU. The almost-nazis that were in charge before have done significant damage to Poland and its reputation abroad, so I'm hopeful he and his party can turn things around.
Now if only Hungary could also have a leadership update...
Almost nazis? In what way? You must be drunk.
When you call everyone nazi then no one is.
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139says a nazi
You are wrong
1. What Helm of Poland even mean?
2. Nazis? What??? You clearly have no idea about both PuS and NSDAP ideals or you are just brain dead who call nazis everyone why you don't agree with.
Thank you for doing the color grading this time :) Now fix "Chechya" and I think it'll be passable :)
And visegrád
How the hell did you pronounce Czechia ať 3:34
Just for your information: Visegrád, the name of the Northern Hungarian town is pronounced VEE-SHEH-GRAAHD. Similar to the Vyšehrad in Prague which means 'castle on the height'.
In the name Visegrád the "i" is pronounced as in each language except for English, the "s" is pronounced as the English "sh". It is a town - during the Middle Ages capital - in Hungary, though the name itself is Slavic, meaning high castle.
3:18 weapons shipment were never paused. It's unfortunate statement of Morawiecki.
Poland has not much more to ship due to giving too much during crucial first months of war in Ukraine at the expense of own active military.
Dalej służy pomocą lotnisko w Jesionce które jest wszystkim dla Ukrainy.
I like how you overlapped the country an it leader, very helpful.
I believe that Poland will deepen its cooperation with the Baltic and Nordic states (especially the new NATO members) and will try to build a common front there. A lot of Poland's critical infrastructure and investments are allocated in the north, along the Baltic now, so it's a natural course of action.
Tusk knows that Poland grew Big Enough to become the 3rd Leader of the EU besides Germany and France. its a smart move
You, as does Tusk, just want for Poland to become a vassal of Germany.