“The first thing you notice about Ursula von der Leyen is a kind of absence – a lack of authenticity; It is a feeling that is difficult to express in words,” wrote British publicist Ben Judah in the magazine “Le Grand Continent” in 2020. The Brussels-born President of the European Commission, a second-generation Eurocrat, is the However, it has recently become more visible. At least, if you believe the French daily “Libération”. According to the newspaper’s Brussels correspondent, Jean Quatremer, this shows “a great tendency to adapt to the needs of Berlin”.
I quoted this quote on purpose so that it wouldn’t be said that only bad right-wing publicists have this impression. Ms. Ursula, who became head of the European Commission in 2019 thanks to the tireless efforts of Chancellor Angela Merkel, as head of the Ministry of National Defense would probably not continue to spoil the army by installing make-up mirrors on soldiers’ lockers, giving them sending to LGBT training and organizing fashion shows with uniforms for pregnant women.. soldiers visited Poland today, accompanied by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Alexander De Croo. And judging by the joint press conference with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, one might get the impression that – as TVN journalist Karolina Hytrek-Prosiecka put it on the X platform: “our country has returned to the sphere of decision-making and normality.” Donald Tusk promised that he would get the money from KPO immediately after the election, and he did. It is true that there is a long delay, but don’t worry. 137 billion euros is – as Donald Tusk himself wrote on X – “a new civilizational leap”.
It was just difficult to resist the impression that a good aunt had come from Brussels and was giving away money. From a milestone and applicable law perspective, nothing has changed. Not a single bill in this direction was passed in the Sejm. And “Poland’s efforts to restore the rule of law as the backbone of society,” which Von der Leyen spoke of during the press conference, are simple violations of the law by the current ruling team, including: governing by resolutions. If there was no rule of law before, let’s assume such a scenario; it exists even more now. What is there, however, is the ‘impression’, as EU Commissioner Didier Reynders put it, that ‘the new Polish government has shown clear commitment’. As you can see, this is enough. You shouldn’t be happy about this. Why? Because this means that it is not about the letter of the law, or the actual actions of the government in Warsaw, but about the political will of Brussels. A good aunt will give it if she wants, and the child will be good.
The sweets, worth billions of euros, that Mrs. Ursula brought with her are both a reward and an incentive for Donald Tusk’s government not to deviate from the only right course. And clear proof that the EU elites play dirty and change the rules of the game depending on who they are dealing with. Perhaps this lack of authenticity is what Ben Judah had in mind when he tried to capture the character of the head of the European Commission. If everything is conventional and depends on ‘impression’, we cannot be sure of anything. There may be a crisis of ideas in the European Union, but certainly not a crisis of demagoguery. Demagoguery remains strong. The simplicity of the supposedly miraculous recipes presented is shocking: dedicate everything to the introduction of the euro, because the euro will save us; taking from the rich but not giving to the poor; destroying agriculture for the climate (otherwise we’ll all die!). To applaud and reward violations of the rule of law so that those who can stop us will not rule. And enrich it with subsidies.
This is how it is now. And what will happen after deepening European integration?
Source: wPolityce