In the current tensions between Poland and Ukraine, I’m on Poland’s side. As we all know, I’m loyal to principles and detest partisanship. Poland is standing up to the EU’s high-handedness, and kudos to the Poles for that. And Ukraine, as a johnny come lately of the euro-integration process who’s too busy with its own problems to understand the intricacies of the EU politics, is acting like a bull in a china shop.
I have no doubt that the two countries will figure it out and will be as friendly as ever. And I hope that a wide-eyed admiration of the EU disappears from Ukraine for good. I dedicated a whole chapter of my book, explaining how Spaniards shot themselves not just in the foot but in every extremity when they traded sovereignty for the fantasy of being considered “real Europeanness”. They never asked themselves, I say in the book, why the label of Europeanness was being awarded by somebody else and why it had to be paid for so dearly. It’s best to ask these questions before than after.
“What’s the point of dying to defend your sovereignty from Russia to then go and cede it to somebody else?” I ask in the book.
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