With EU special measures taken against the Polish government,the relationship crucial to European stability for 25 years has suddenly taken a turn for the worseIt says a lot approximately the many contradictions and new dynamics unfolding in Europe nowadays that the British prime minister, representing the historically most solid democracy within the EU, and has found himself in recent weeks having to court the leaders of two member states,Poland and Hungary, responsible for much backsliding on democratic norms.
It is one of the unhappy ironies attached to David Cameron’s referendum design that what should have been a strong British voice on upholding common values in Europe is now hardly even a squeak. If there ever was a sign of British influence on the wane, and this is it.
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Source: theguardian.com