"Orbán and Kaczynski have similar ideological narratives of national "reconstruction" for their former Eastern Bloc countries, which joined the EU at the same time, in 2004. Both populist politicians dislike the Western democratic values generally labeled as "liberalism" in Europe, and exploit historical sensitivities to strengthen distrust of the EU. Since Orbán's rise to power, Hungary has become a model for the Polish right wing. As leader of the opposition, Kaczynski promised to "build a Budapest in Warsaw."
But unlike Orbán, who morphed from liberal dissident into an authoritarian leader, Kaczynski's beliefs have stayed constant. Even under Communism, when he was fighting the regime, he disagreed with the liberal wing of Solidarity, the underground trade union movement that succeeded in overthrowing the Communist government. Instead, what he wanted for Poland was a 'Fourth Republic' — the current one is the third — built on a conservative revolution reshaping state institutions according to a traditionalist, as he called it, "moral code."
In short, the migrant crisis is not going to stop anytime soon, and the political stances of the West and East Europe polarize more and more as the time passes.
Do you think this can be the issue that will dismentle the EU?
Last edited by Stigma on Jan 10th, 2016 at 10:49 AM
The EU has bigger threats than a few million migrants. The UK referendum vote on whether to leave. Theincreasing disparity in economic strength of member countries (more a problem in the eurozone than the EU as a whole)
So no. Even 5 million immigrants would be less than a 1% population rise and that's if they all go to EU members and not any non EU member European countries.
Because the labour government at the time chose not to adopt it.Neither did 8 others. Denmark, Sweden, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Romania although I think some of those are in the process of doing so unless they changed their minds after the whole Greece crisis.
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The Euro is not the "EU monetary system", though of course it is deeply linked to the EU, it is the monetary system of the "Eurozone", a subset of the EU plus. The UK is not using the Euro for multiple historical and political reasons. It's quite fascinating if you want to read about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone
Parts of the UK do also. Specifically the border towns in Northern Ireland next to the Irish Republic which uses the Euro. I would imagine that'd be quite commonplace.
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Will the EU break down due to the migrant crisis?
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