Poland’s seemingly steadfast relationship with the European Union is growing increasingly uncertain as more Poles see injustices of the economic bloc.
Frustrated young people are struggling to come to terms with the rules imposed by Brussels’ unelected elite of bureaucrats.
A conflict of interests over migrant quotes, internal affairs and environmental laws has pushed many to call for an immediate end to the ‘EU occupation’.
The growing disdain comes of the back off EU’s top leaders threatening earlier this year to strip Poland of its voting rights if it does not fall in line with the rest of the bloc.
Krzysztof Kowalczyk, a 24-year-old sales representative agreed that is is now time to dismantle the archaic institution.
He told Express.co.uk: “I don’t see any sense or any positive aspect to the existence of this bureaucratic creation.
“I think that Europe could benefit greatly from a free and open market within the borders of the continent. Unfortunately under the EU’s occupation, Europe is not developing. Eurosocialism is regressing us.”
Anti-EU sentiments are on the rise, he said, but it will still take time before a deeper interest in politics takes root with the general public.
But national sentiments are strong, perhaps stronger than ever, and Mr Kowaclzyk said those who can see the forest for the trees share his views.
To him, Poland’s membership in the EU should be a contested subject due to how EU directives fail to recognise the cultural diversity of its individual states. He argued Poland‘s values are simply not compatible with those of the EU.
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Polexit: Krzysztof Kowalczyk argued that the EU’s values are not compatible with the whole of Europe
He said: “There are certainly several reasons why anti-EU moods are on the rise.
Europe is not developing. Eurosocialism is regressing us
“EU law stands above national law today, and about 70 per cent of new bills are implemented directives created in Brussels.
“Besides this, people now have growing access to information form the internet, and I don’t think I need to remind anyone how the government and the media treated us with propaganda just before the EU access referendum.”
A big “incendiary point of contention” he said, is the EU’s imposed migrant quotas – quotas which Poland alongside Hungary and the Czech Republic has so far fervently opposed.
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Polexit: Supporters of Poland’s withdrawal cite the recent tension between Warsaw and Brussels
The European Commission has begun the process of suing the three nations, with the case going to the European Court of Justice over a refusal to accept the relocation of 120,000 migrants.
Last month French President Emmanuel Macron also took a potshot at the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, warning the country was being led astray to the “margins of Europe”.
But the mounting pressure from Brussels has fallen largely on deaf ears.
Party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski blasted on November 10, the eve of Poland’s 100th Independence Day celebrations, that Poland has a chance to dictate a new path for a “sick” Europe.
He told a gathered crowd that his country has already survived two totalitarian dictatorships in the 20th century and it now has a “great chance” of building a new, strong Poland.
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Polexit: The EU’s top leaders threatened to strip Poland of its voting rights for insubordination
With these sentiments in mind, Mr Kowalczyk agreed the EU has failed to “destroy” patriotic feelings in Poland to the same degree it has in other countries.
He said the argument for Polexit was now clear adding: “I think that we still relatively strongly value our independence and sovereignty.”
Igor Cedro, a student from Swietokrzyskie, joined the voices demanding an end to the EU’s red-tape and regulations.
With each passing day, the EU is growing closer to the USSR, he said, and this can only result in its untimely collapse.
The disgruntled student told Express.co.uk Poland leaving the EU is not a question of “if” but rather “when”.
He said: “I am supportive of Polexit for many reasons. First of all, the bureaucracy that is ‘funded’ by the Union’s many thousands of public servants all paid for by the taxpayer.
“Secondly, the numerous and unwanted regulations, through which we have absolutely nothing to do with the free market.
“Thirdly, each member state is losing its sovereignty EU law stands above the law of each nation.”
Mr Cedro said the clock is now ticking for Poland and the EU. Mounting economic debt and a conflict of interests over cultural values will be enough to destabilise the status quo.
He added: “I think its a matter of time before we leave.”
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Warsaw: Supporters of Polexit likened the EU’s rule to a sanctioned occupation of Poland
Another vocal critic of the EU and an online campaigner, who has asked to remain anonymous, told Express.co.uk the days of EU’s “vassal rule” over Europe are numbered.
He said: “Divide ed impera – divide and rule. The current formula has departed from the initial assumptions of an economic community and has moved on towards a unified political supervisor.
“Member states are being treated on vassal principles. Unelected civil servants take on dominant roles and are implementing their sick ideas against the cultures, customs, mentality and characteristics of the individual member states.
“They are not based on principles of democracy, but rather their resolutions and law is superior to the expectations of the member states.”