Last Thursday, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled that parts of EU law are incompatible with the country’s constitution, undermining the legal pillar on which the 27-nation bloc stands. After this controversial court ruling, 100,000s rallied in support of European Union Membership. In more than 100 towns and cities, demonstrations took place and even abroad. This shows the strong opinion of the people who really support EU and want to stay a part of it. On 10/10/21, people came out with banners saying "we are staying". The opposition party in Poland right now said that the ruling party wants to leave the European Union so that they can violate democratic rules without being accountable to anyone. People are however fearing that how Brexit suddenly happened when no one anticipated it, Polexit might happen as well. The ruling party has said that people who are protesting are protesting against the constitution. While the Prime Minister accepted and welcomed the court ruling, he said he has no intention of leaving the European Union and the party said that his idea of 'Polexit' is an invention of a weak opposition that has no other ideas. The European Court of Justice said that it is violation of the European Union law for Poland's new regulation of appointing Supreme Court Justices. While Poland is in a a tussle and the people vs government are of different opinions, the outcome can be either too damaging to Poland or the matter can die down. But if 'Polexit' has chances, it might be very big for European Union and the effects can be anywhere from good to bad. It would be hard to anticipate how this would affect the economy.
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I think it is hard to say if a move from the EU would be of benefit for Poland and its people. Poland ranks particularly low on the PPP GDP spectrum for the EU so i don't see a move out of the EU being entirely problematic for its people. Maybe through a new currency and interest rate they can develop worth in their currency and become a real international exporter of things. This is somewhat unlikely though as most of their industrial use comes from Germany, one of the top performers in the EU.
Frankly, Poland has greatly benefitted from joining the EU as their economy booms. Its a great point of bringing up Brexit as it was a huge test to the European Union experiment. It has now clearly shown how dangerous it is for countries to leave the EU. Especially when the previous 2nd strongest EU economy falters like this, it would make current members really question their decision to leave.
While there is great economic benefits for joining the EU, there needs to be fundamental changes to the systems in place to produce less friction among member countries. The rigid laws of the EU have been a common complaint and the interference with Polish laws is another example of this friction coming into the forefront.
It would be detrimental for Poland's progress as a country to leave the European Union. Being integrated into the European community has greatly helped Poland economically. The Polish people would lose mobility in the EU and potentially jobs if they have one of the many EU government jobs. I believe this threat of leaving the EU comes from the rise of alt-right nationalism in Poland, and the rest of Europe.
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