Poland in the EU

The Polish branch of Libertas may not be as dead as it looked. They are battling for candidates with Law and Justice (Kaczyński's party) and have managed to attract some known euroscetics.

Some time ago I reported here that Declan Ganley's Libertas has veered off course in Poland and is linking itself with very marginal figures. I don't know if they heard my message, but it seems they are trying to fix the problem. Thay have had some success in attracting hard euroscepric right wingers.

One of them, as Gazeta Wyborcza reports here (in Polish) is Anna Sobecka, currently an MP with Law and Justice, and formerly a presenter with Radio Maryja. The radio (if you haven't heard) is notorious for its right wing, antieuropean and antisemitic views, but at a certain stage was the most influential voice of the extreme right in Poland.

Another Libertas candidate is senator Ryszard Bender, also an extreme right winger attracted by Law and Justice during the last election to push the League of Polish Families off the political stage.

This shows that Libertas is managing to enter the main current of extreme right wingers in Poland. The Law and Justice are obviously afraid of a new rival on the right and are trying to attract extremists as well - their candidate in Łódź will be current MEP Urszula Krupa (elected previously from the now nearly dead League of Polish Families) who has publicly stated that the aim of the EU is to reduce the number of Poles to 15 mln (from the current 39 mln or so. Don't ask me how). 

So does all this mean Libertas will win any votes in Poland? I still don't think so. The times for extreme right wingers are (finally) not good in Poland. Being on the right side of Law and Justice can't do Libertas any good. But it's nice to watch their competition with Law and Justice, hope they weeken each other.

Also, it's amazing how far the Polish Libertas is from Declan Ganley's message of being proeuropean, but against the Lisbon treaty. These guys are antieuropean, not to mention as backward as they come. Have you noticed, Mr. Ganley?