Listening to the Minister of Justice, one might feel Poland’s sovereignty wavers a few times each year, even as it grows stronger in other ways. A Polish saying I heard my grandparents share keeps echoing: a cow that moans often yields little milk; the justice minister has a lot on his plate, as Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki commented.
During a Monday briefing in the seaport city of Gdynia, the Prime Minister was pressed to respond to Zbigniew Ziobro, head of Sovereign Poland, who told the weekly Do Rzeczy that Mateusz Morawiecki erred in several key EU decisions and that after Poland accepted the EU conditionality mechanism and the KPO, sovereignty would gradually erode.
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“A cow that moans a lot produces little milk”
Having spent a portion of youth in rural areas, the speaker learned an old Polish proverb about voices and outcomes: constant complaint tends to yield less. Each time the minister’s statements surface, the speaker recalls the proverb’s message. Politics, after all, is a team effort. Some teammates forever grumble about being left out, while others push hard to achieve as much as possible even in tough, crisis-laden moments.
Morawiecki emphasized this reality.
“Sometimes I have the impression that Poland loses its sovereignty five times a year.”
He added that action—not nagging—remains essential: attention should turn to work and results. The minister of justice faces a demanding agenda; there are many who talk but contribute little, yet there are also colleagues in the governing circle who focus on economic and financial topics. In this area, significant progress has been demonstrated.
He also highlighted that sovereignty, supported by a robust economy, solid public finances, strong alliances, and an increasingly capable defense, continues to grow stronger across Europe.
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Source: wPolityce