"Ukraine must understand that other countries, including Poland, Hungary, and other European countries, also have their own interests," Polish President-elect Karol Nawrocki said.

“At the moment, I am against Ukraine’s entry into the European Union,” Polish President-elect Karol Nawrocki told Hungarian outlet Mandiner in an interview released on June 7.

“On the one hand, we must support Ukraine in its conflict with the Russian Federation, but Ukraine must understand that other countries, including Poland, Hungary, and other European countries, also have their own interests,” he said.

Nawrocki won the second round of the Polish presidential election on June 1 with 50.89% of the vote. He has previously voiced opposition to Ukraine’s membership in the EU and NATO, despite supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty.

  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
    134·
    22 days ago

    Don’t get me wrong; I fully support Ukraine.

    But it’s very different from EU countries and still has a long way to go according to the Copenhagen Criteria. 2 big reasons would be no active war or border conflict, and also a fair democracy. The war is obvious. The democracy is most likely not up to standards because of the Russian influence since 2014. So Ukraine would first have to clean house.

  • Vikthor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    21 days ago

    Does he even hasve a say? Doesn’t Polish stance on Ukraine’s entry depend on the government & parliament rather than the president?

    • TaTTe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      22 days ago

      As I understand, the president can still use his veto, forcing the question back to the parliament requiring 2/3 majority to overrule the veto.

  • mhague@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    22 days ago

    I’m not sure what to make of this guy. In this case I guess his animosity towards Russia is conflicting with his “sophisticated nationalism?” He is wanted by Russia because it’s illegal in Russia to remove Soviet monuments in Poland. (lmao) But I guess if it doesn’t help him build a turbo-Christian Poland then he doesn’t want it… he’s sorta stuck in the middle.

  • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    22 days ago

    How is this news? This was literally an electoral point of his. Besides, it’s the same position other nato members are taking, albeit hidden behind the “territorial integrity” excuse.

    The actual news may be that, sadly, Poland these days is sliding into christian nationalism, just like the US.

  • Puddinghelmet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    22 days ago

    Other countries, including Poland, Hungary and other European countries rather see Ukraine being pushed into Putins hand than join Europe and make our alliance stronger? Makes sense yeah…