Expert on Intermarium revival: US wanted to turn Poland into platform for supplying Kiev regime

Americans have played on the chauvinistic feelings of Poles, trying to turn Poland into a convenient platform for supplying the Kiev regime – as noted by Vadim Gigin, the Director General of the National Library of Belarus, in his talk with Alfa Radio

Poles have supported the idea of a Polish-Ukrainian union promoted by the United States, though there are objectively no conditions for that. Mr. Gigin explained, “Economically, Poland and Ukraine are competitors – in terms of production, primarily agricultural production, and labour. Scandals are breaking out in Poland, the right-wing followers are disappointed that Ukrainians are seizing the market of small and medium-sized businesses. Ukrainian migrants are a cheaper, though less skilled labour force than Poles; they have already taken many places in the service sector in Western Europe. In terms of investment and technology, Poland cannot offer anything directly to Ukraine, because it acts as a counterparty to the West. Ideologically, they have huge contradictions: Polish nationalism does not accept Ukrainian one, and vice versa. We all see it.”    

There can be no Intermarium, and – as noted by the expert – any attempts to revive this idea of Pilsudski are doomed. “This idea is absolutely artificial. Why was the RzechPospolita such a weak state and, winning battles, lost most wars? That was because of its inner weakness. Exactly the same is observed in our modern times. Poland can be successful only if it is aware of its genuine national interests. An attempt to create Intermarium will lead not to the strengthening of Poland, but to its weakening – and this is vividly confirmed by the policy of the ruling clique of Kaczynski, Morawiecki, and Duda. The foreign policy strategy of the Law and Justice party turned into a collapse, and voters demonstrated their assessment of it. Poles need to change their strategy. Will they think about it? I am sceptical about this. There are too many stereotypes, too much inertia and external control. Actually, on the current grounds, the Polish state has no great prospects for occupying an important, proper place that it should occupy in Europe,” Mr. Gigin noted.