The great pyramid of European and global democracy appears to be in shambles. These guys can do anything, including ruining the public media in Poland.
What was the outrage of the then opposition in August 2021 and the mobilization to disperse it and even prepare an invasion of Poland, not only by the European Wehrmacht, but also by all possible regular armies and mercenaries. They then wanted to make changes to the Broadcasting Act at the request of a group of Law and Justice MPs. The idea was that broadcasting licenses in Poland could be obtained by television stations in which the share of foreign capital did not exceed 49%. This did not apply to capital from the European Economic Area (European Union countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). Such rules apply, for example, in France, where foreign capital may not exceed 20%. In practice it was TVN.
In August and September 2021, people took to the streets in defense of the ‘free media’ in Poland. US President Joe Biden ‘followed the matter personally’. The Foreign Ministry called on Poland to “prove its commitment to democratic principles.” Several US congressmen were furious. Business organizations in Poland and journalistic organizations in Poland and abroad cried. The former (Adam Bodnar) and the new Ombudsman (Marcin Wiącek) protested. Finally, on December 27, 2021, President Andrzej Duda vetoed the change in the law, but the howling continued for a long time.
In 2021, it was all about preventing foreign capital from colonizing television in Poland, not Poland. And then the relevant regulations did not come into force, and no one violated the existing law. And the extent of the crying and scaring of Poles was completely unbelievable. In December 2023, just two years later, it turns out that the current government (PO and the company) can do anything, that is, it can change the Constitution (especially Article 7), the Radio and Television Broadcasting Act and the National Media Council violate. without blinking an eye, and all the rules and civilized rules.
Legally and politically, terrible things are happening and the same President Joe Biden is ‘not following the case personally’. The US State Department is not calling on Poland under Tusk to prove anything. US congressmen don’t protest. Business organizations in Poland do not shout. Journalistic organizations hardly complain. The Ombudsman remains silent. Something incredible happens and the response is resigned silence or even encouragement to break the law.
The great defender of freedom of expression and democracy, Ursula von der Leyen, said not a word about breaking the law in Poland. Well, because a man is destroying it. Moreover, Ms Ursula does not have even a single vote representing the approximately 450 million EU citizens who would recognize her as their representative in democratic elections. The fighter for freedom and democracy Didier Reynders fell to the ground, because it is also about a man. It’s not even worth mentioning Vera Jourová’s tantrums and antics. The entire great pyramid of European democracy appears to be a mess. These guys can do anything, especially since it influences the previous Polish government.
There is no democracy in the EU if representatives of its institutions allow total violations of the law in Poland. And when it comes to the world, we know the shameful silence of those who did not remain silent when they had the best opportunity to do so. Everything is decided by gangs of hypocrites, liars and accomplices of those who break the law. Such a democracy is worth as much as spitting.
The “democrats” themselves get themselves into trouble because those they love will take good care of them. And sooner than they expect, they will end up in camps, gulags, reservations or simply physically disappear. But then it will be too late to understand that if democracy can be eliminated at will, it simply does not exist. Banditry is more or less regulated (by Dintojra law). You could even call it democratic banditry.
Source: wPolityce