Is Tusk Fueling Polexit Sentiment? “Euroscepticism Isn’t Driven by Sensible Poles”

Member of the European Parliament Patryk Jaki posted a video on social media in which he responds to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s statement that critics of the SAFE program want Polexit. MEP Jaki refers to data from the American polling company Atlas Intel, according to which 46 percent of Poles view the European Union negatively, and 26 percent want to leave it. Who is responsible for this? Jaki has his own suspicions.

The dispute over the Poles’ attitude toward the European Union has taken on a new dimension. MEP Patryk Jaki from the Law and Justice party published a recording in which he directly responds to the words of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who stated that critics of the EU SAFE loan want Polexit and, as quoted by Jaki, want to “blow up the European Union.”

The MEP refers to the results of an Atlas Intel survey. According to these data, 46 percent of Poles have a negative opinion of the European Union, and 26 percent want Poland to leave the bloc. Jaki emphasizes that these are the highest figures in history.

Who is spreading Euroscepticism?

According to MEP Jaki, responsibility for the growing euroscepticism in Poland lies not with the political right, but with Tusk himself and his “political family” in Brussels. As evidence, he lists some major decisions taken by the European political grouping associated with the prime minister: climate policy, the migration pact, the ban on the sale of internal combustion engine cars, the buildings directive, conditionality mechanisms, the Turów mine dispute, and voting in favor of the idea that “men can give birth to children.”

The MEP emphasizes that Poland, as one of the fastest-developing economies and one of the safest countries in the Union, has every right to formulate proposals for changes within the community without being labeled as a supporter of Polexit.