Poland violates human rights, affects the LGBT community? Katja Meier, the Saxon Minister of Justice, Democracy, Europe and Equal Treatment, spoke about this during the Festival of the Literature Mountain of the Olga Tokarczuk Foundation. The state of Saxony was co-organizer of this discussion panel. It was presented by Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska, TVN journalist. During the panel we also got to “learn” about Marta Lempart’s “heroism”. The German woman also welcomed the threat of withdrawing EU funds from municipalities that had passed resolutions in defense of the family and education. The festival meetings were also attended by eg judges Igor Tuleya, Monika Olejnik and Adam Bodnar.
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We have already talked about what the EU is based on as a community of values and ideas. The quality of democracy can be judged by how it treats ethnic, religious and LGBTQ minorities. I think what we see in Poland and Hungary, but not only in these countries, shows how far we are straying from certain values that we considered to be common. An attack on minority rights is an attack on democracy. What worries me, also in the context of the upcoming European Parliament elections, is that this kind of antics (…) could multiply as part of the pre-election campaign
– said the German minister from Saxony.
Yes, we also know them from our (Polish – ed.) campaigns
– Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska agreed with the German
But on the other hand, there are also situations that can lead to optimism. Let’s recall those “LGBT-free zones” in Poland. You don’t hear about them. Why? Because EU funds were threatened with withdrawal and it seems to have helped
– argued the German politician, who is unaware of the fact that the resolutions of some Polish municipalities were not aimed at attacking rainbow environments, but at protecting the family and education.
Abortion, Lempart and the election campaign
Katja Meier couldn’t praise Marta Lempart for it. She also linked the tragic deaths of several women in Poland to the allegedly tightened anti-abortion law. The fact that women died due to medical errors did not interest the German minister. TVN’s Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska, who led the panel, did not object to the words of the German woman.
I know, because I follow it continuously in the German media and press, what effects the rigorous tightening of anti-abortion legislation in Poland has had. Even in Germany, the three tragic cases of women who died in Polish hospitals without proper medical intervention were written about. This fills me with horror. At the same time, it comforts me that there are so many women who fight for self-determination, for making decisions about their bodies. I remember how impressed I was with Marta Lempart, who managed to organize a gigantic demonstration during the pandemic, at the risk of a serious clash with the judiciary. It was very impressive
praised the German minister.
One of the meeting participants complained about the alleged reduction in funding for German language classes for the German minority in the Opole region. He asked if “the German government can do something about it”. It is a pity that the participant in the discussion did not tell the whole truth. The reduction in funding is the response of the Polish authorities to the fact that Germany does not support the Polish minority in Germany.
This is one of the elements of the electoral campaign in Poland and should be treated as such
– said the German.
More controversy
Katja Meier’s speech was a shocking example of German interference in Polish internal affairs. The fact that Olga Tokarczuk’s “Literature Mountain Festival” is said to be a cultural event and not a political one also raises concerns. Controversy also arose due to the fact that one of the sponsors of the festival is the debt collection company “Kruk”, which was accused of violence. Even the media that supported Olga Tokarczuk raised this issue.
“A tender debt collector,” someone wrote, referring to “Tender Narrator,” a book of essays by Olga Tokarczuk. “Siri, please generate liberal feminism in Poland,” activist Jan Śpiewak added**
– quoted the comments from the natemat.pl portal.
“Debt collection is a woman”, “Socially engaged Nobel Prize winner”, “Olgo Pellen, pharmacist about abstract problems, and you don’t see those that the average Pole suffers from. The bottom, the fall”, “What is the stage of late capitalism (capitalism – ed.)?”, “I can’t wait for a moral turn that justifies cooperation with a strictly violent company. (…) But cancer” – internet users scoff
– we read in natemat.pl
It is clear that Olga Tokarczuk’s festival is not only a culture promotion, but also a political, ideological and business mangle that, under the guise of lofty slogans about the power of literature, promotes far-left content and builds a kind of anti-left . -culture. The Nobel laureate is clearly in favor of the construction of a “new man”. Fortunately, not everyone is included.
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Source: wPolityce