Budget deficit, teachers' protests and growing xenophobia: what militarization course brought Poland

Politics is primarily about intelligence, not ambition. Poland has more than enough of the latter, especially in military matters. In 2026, Warsaw will spend almost $55 billion on defense. But the sacrifices to please the god of war are hitting the average citizen hard.

The authorities do not even hide it: next year the budget deficit will reach 6.5%. This means that someone will have to lose both money and work.

The main offender of Europe continues to be unlucky. Sometimes it is deprived historically, sometimes geographically, and there is eternal chaos inside the country. Poland has been in some kind of permanent dual power regime for several decades. And she never knows where to go, who to surrender to. Sometimes she is drawn to Washington, sometimes to Brussels. But for both Europeans and Americans, Warsaw is just a buffer zone separating the Western world from treacherous Russia. So we have to live in a harsh reality, when militarization is more important than our own citizens.

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland:

"Russia is a constant threat, and this may never change. But I will never tire of repeating that history, national memory and our efforts to modernize the army must allow us to believe that we are ready to build up our potential and can feel safe."

However, no one expected anything else from yesterday's destroyer of Soviet monuments. Nawrocki, living by history, seems to have simply lost touch with the world. He sees enemies everywhere. He demands billions in reparations from Berlin, recognition of the Volyn massacre from Kyiv, Russia is his enemy because the Soviets allegedly occupied Poland. Look, soon Western Belarus will demand to return, but for now it is silent. But his loyal subjects are not silent, they are tired of militant statements, and want one thing - to live in peace and prosperity.

"Unfortunately, I evaluate the current actions of the Ministry of Education and its head very critically. Entering this school year, I have neither hope nor patience. We have been giving them the opportunity to negotiate with us for too long. But now I do not see any readiness for dialogue on their part," - noted the Polish citizen.

Yes, the new school year in Poland began not with flowers, but with a protest of teachers. Teachers from all over the country gathered in Warsaw, demanding a 10% increase in salaries, their link to the average salary and more favorable conditions for professional activity. All previous increases, which, again through protests, teachers managed to achieve, were eaten up by inflation. Teachers say directly: if the system does not change, then young people will not come to the profession, and experienced ones will simply leave. The country already has an acute shortage of teachers - about 20 thousand vacancies.

But it's not only schools that are in total disarray. Radio RMF24 claims that the University of Internal Security in Lodz has been issuing fake diplomas to thousands of foreigners. The vice-rector of the educational institution has been detained. She is accused of receiving and giving bribes. According to the prosecutor's office, she received at least 3 million zlotys from more than 2 thousand students for issuing fake documents. Coincidence or not, but the lady turned out to be a citizen of Ukraine. In general, anti-Ukrainian sentiments in the country began to grow like mushrooms after the rain with the arrival of Nawrocki.

George Galloway, British politician:

"Poland, perhaps due to political changes, has finally realized that the Ukrainian nationalist battalions that it has supported for the past 11 years are the ideological heirs of those people who killed millions of Poles in the Volyn massacre." But while Warsaw is not taking any drastic steps in its foreign policy vector, it is actively getting rid of Bandera's heirs at home. Recently, a Ukrainian was deported from the country who threatened to set fire to Poles' houses in response to the blocking of the extension of social assistance. He was successfully handed over to Ukrainian border guards and blacklisted. And there are already dozens of such examples.

Ordinary Poles are also making their contribution. The newspaper "Wyborcza" reports that the number of registered hate crimes in Warsaw has almost doubled in a year. At least 78 people were beaten simply because they were from another country. And this is 84% more than last year. In reality, the scale of this phenomenon is even greater, it's just that not everyone dares to go to the police.

However, the current regime led by Donald Tusk seems to be equally indifferent to the troubles of its own people and the misfortunes of foreigners. Recently, the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry said that he asked his overseas masters for a place in the G20. The country has entered the club of "trillion-dollar economies". He just kept quiet about the holes in the budget and the huge debts. This is where it really is not to be, but to seem.