Poland is pushing the EU into crisis

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Poland’s far-right party is subverting democracy, and setting the country on a collision course with the EU.

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Poland is changing. In 2015, the far-right Law and Justice party, or PiS, won both the presidential election and a slim parliamentary majority. Since then, they’ve been working to cement their power by firing judges, purging the military and civil service, and cracking down on protesters and the media. All of this has put the country on a collision course with the European Union that could threaten Europe’s hard-won peace and prosperity following centuries of conflict.

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Vox says:

Two corrections:

At 7:17 Viktor Orban is incorrectly described as President, when he is actually the Prime Minister.
At 5:27 and 7:32 Finland is mislabeled as not being a member state of the European Union. Finland joined the EU in 1995.

Orbot Orfox says:

Britain left the EU, Poland stood up to the EU after a century of standing up to opponents.

Ramon Szabłowski says:

co ty pierdolisz debilu

jek 21 says:

Im froms estonia and i support estonian nashonalist party and i. Really wish in estonia more people would be like poland or hunagry we must stand for our countreys and culture and language and we will not let eu to destroy our culturrs

Michał Rutkowski says:

We voted for this government. We wanted these changes. We have got democracy, free speech and the opposition is able to protest. PiS is doing their job. The West will fall because of migrants. We wont.
POLAND STRONK!

UberRex says:

They reason behind it wasnt the mostly because of P.I.S, but also other EU problems, especially when germany try'ed to force ceach, slovenia, hunagry and poland to house in middle east reffuges, that forced to threaten to withdar and crate they own allaince if germany will use EU forces

Brecconable says:

Slava Polska! From the British Isles!

Triggered Penguin says:

54k likes 68k dislikes. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……

Wi1k says:

very poor bias video, shame on you vox

mihajlo zirikovic says:

I'm

intrigued how handful of US citizens have so much "information" and "insight" about eruopean countries. Especially about eastern europe. Please, stop spreading disinformation and creating a bad picutre of us and yourself

KGB says:

The EU is pushing itself into crisis.

9%beer says:

Stay strong Poland your Lithuanian brothers and sisters stand with you

9%beer says:

Unsubscribe.

Pies Życia says:

Lech Kaczyński was never in PIS i was a good president,also to only Lech and Jarosław ruled Solidarność

Pies Życia says:

Rember that not all poles are like(nacionalist)

Zibi Franz says:

kraut's propaganda

Adriaan Buys says:

Your agenda has no home in the Polish's land

Iron Peanut King says:

Lefties. Lefties everywhere.

Bolek lasowy says:

This video is so bad .It shows that you don't know anything about what's happening.Just straight up lies.

I'M GoneWithTheWind! FABULOUS!! says:

Ok tan those whites until they get melanoma

Max Ashelford says:

So many people miss the point
Fighting back does not mean you have to purge Democratic institutions

Kaiserdragon 217 says:

And then the winged hussars came and destroyed the EU.

Joseph Price says:

The entire structure of the EU needs reform. I’m no fan of the right wing government in Poland, but it’s hardly fair to say Poland alone is causing the EU’s fundamental problems.

Matej Čepel says:

EU ? you mean european khalifate ?!

Polish Guy says:

Propaganda in a nutshell

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