Posted: 11.02.2022 10:12:00

Gigin: Poland’s foreign policy hysteria is connected with attempt to escape internal problems

The foreign policy hysteria and military pressure that we see from Poland are primarily connected with local authorities’ attempt to divert the attention of citizens from internal problems, the Chairman of the Republican Znanie Belarusian Society, Vadim Gigin, told Alfa Radio

The protests of Polish farmers were discussed. It became known on February 9th that in many settlements of Poland the parade of tractors began. Farmers blocked roads in protest because they could not sell their produce. The programme host, Vadim Shepet, reminded that western Europe does not accept Polish vegetables, at the same time flooding the Polish market with its products, while the Russian market is closed for Polish agricultural products because of counter-sanctions.

“The foreign policy hysteria and military pressure that we see [from Poland] are primarily connected with an attempt to get away from internal problems and to switch people’s attention from real, pressing problems to far-fetched issues. It is perfectly clear to everyone that the propaganda noise which is being created around the alleged aggression of Russia and Belarus against Ukraine is a myth, nonsense and untruth. The vast majority of politicians in the West do not believe in it,” said Mr. Gigin.

The expert gave a number of examples of domestic political problems in western countries, from which the authorities want to divert public attention, “There is a crisis of political leadership, an ideological crisis, and internal strife in the US. The two-party system no longer works as before. The crisis of political leadership in Europe, a weak government in Germany, the problem of re-election for President Emmanuel Macron in France, the UK search for the ways of development after leaving the EU... And Poland. We saw what happened there last autumn. Unpopular government!”

Touching upon the topic of farmer protests, the guest of the programme said, “For 25 years, the governments of Poland have not been able to solve the problems of local farmers. The trend is clear: people need to be occupied with something, mechanisation, improvement of the culture of the economy leads to an increase in productivity. Meanwhile, products have to be sold somewhere. Poland is squeezed by EU quotas, there is nowhere to sell goods. Yes, there are foreign markets, but because of the failed policy, aggressive anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian, problems arise with this. The sanctions hit the very countries [that imposed them].