Euro MP PiS on politics towards Ukraine: "Some things could have been done differently"

Michał Dworczyk, MP of Law and Justice, was a guest of the “Piasecki Talk” programme in TVN24, where he referred to president Nawrocki's decision to veto a bill extending temporary protection for Ukrainian citizens.

In his message he sought to avoid unequivocal declarations, but did not hide that he was not amazed by the actions of the head of state:

This is part of the policy that the president announced in the election campaign.
I'm not surprised.

Such wordings are politically safe – they do not give the opponents a hook, but at the same time signal that the line chosen by the Presidential Palace is not a alien to him.

Dworzyk's statements on benefits 800 plus for non-working Ukrainian mothers, single-parents, were besides kept in a speech of caution. He did not give clear answers to circumstantial policy questions. Rather, he focused on general assessments of the situation:

Some people abuse Polish hospitality.

Such an attitude can be perceived as an effort to enter into a increasing wave of criticism of the migration policy of fresh years, without the hazard of being irritated within its own political environment.

Dworczyk besides assessed the decisions of the Law and Justice Government of 2022, erstwhile it was decided to grant broad social support to war refugees from Ukraine:

Of course, from this point of view, historically analyzing all these decisions, we can say: yes, any things could have been done differently. But in principle, I think that the decisions made at that time are very good evidence of the Polish political class, both of the government, which made very hard and very courageous decisions.

However, it is hard not to ask whether this "reflection" is actually a reaction to changing social sentiments alternatively than the effect of a deep interior revision of views. Until recently, the politicians of the United Right had no uncertainty about the legitimacy of offering full support – today, erstwhile social emotions are weakening, they start to look for a safe distance from the decisions they themselves made.

The full conversation with Dworczyk left the impression of a lair. The MEP tried to balance between loyalty to his own formation and a fresh political reality, in which the policy towards Ukraine became an increasingly delicate subject. But there was no clarity or courage to name things by name. If a change of speech is indeed a manifestation of political maturity, it is simply a pity that it comes only erstwhile the endorsement rates begin to fall alternatively than erstwhile the decision is taken. You can get the impression that Dworczyk is not so much trying to realize and measure the situation as to how much to adapt to the fresh climate – so as not to lose his face, no substance how the substance unfolds.