Żubr Bolinski: The government warns against disinformation, and in the case of 800 plus itself submits to it

Since Wednesday, the day we woke up with information about Russian drones entering Poland, I hear assurances from Prime Minister Donald Tusk that we will not be given Russian manipulation and misinformation. They are accompanied by appeals to the public, so that society besides does not give in to this manipulation and disinformation. Both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Digitalism, Krzysztof Gawkowski, appeal. The government points out that this is primarily about narratives questioning that Russia is behind the action with drones and suggesting that we cannot regulation out Ukrainian provocation.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X: “A wave of pro-Russian sentiments and aversion to the fighting Ukraine, created by the Kremlin on the basis of authentic fears and emotions. The function of politicians is to halt this wave, not to swim on it. It is simply a test for patriotism and maturity of the full Polish political class.”

The Polish authorities could be commended for acting as necessary, had it not been for the fact that 2 days before the Prime Minister's fiery tweet, on Friday, the Sejm voted the bill (let us emphasise: government) which is the consequence of primarily... Russian manipulation and misinformation. The fact that Poland strengthens the sharpening of the payment of 800 plus Ukrainians is the success of Russian influence agents, which managed to disgust and discourage this diaspora Poles. And the failure of Polish politicians whose only consequence to this aversion was to effort to build political capital on it.

How did 800 plus become a political tool for the game?

Let's get the facts straight. Poland extends the right of residence in Poland to war refugees from Ukraine. In August, president Karol Nawrocki vetoed specified an extension. This was echoed in liberal media, whose headlines shouted that the Pisan president took 800 plus children from Ukrainians. A much more crucial question of the legality of the residence of war refugees has been withheld by them. The main nonsubjective of the media favorable to the government was to disgust Nawrocki and set it in a Manicheist contrast to a morally pure government.

After the presidential campaign, the creators of specified a communicative inactive did not realise that it was counterproductive. Who else remembers Nawrock's Nazi roots? Mr. George of DPS and his condo? All right, we remembered about large Bu for a while, 'cause he just got stopped.

This time, the media's anti-script slur was highly awkward. After the presidential veto of the bill in August, it turned out that the Prime Minister did not stand in contravenes with the President. In fact, he agrees with him and wants to “take 800 plus Ukrainian children”. This did not surprise those who remember the presidential run in which candidate Rafał Trzaskowski postulated a cap 800 plus for Ukrainians. The authors of these headlines were surprised.

800 plus and additional burden for ZUS

PiS and PO have long been smiting on Ukrainians with 1 voice. In fact, they race to see who makes it louder. On Friday, the Sejm passed a government bill, a compromise against the August presidential veto. fresh is the additional criterion – at least 1 of the parents has to work, which would guarantee that Ukrainian children to whom the benefit is paid are physically located in Poland.

Only that the Polish state already has a tool to verify this fact. Since September 2024 800 plus only those children who attend the Polish school receive. And an additional criterion for parents is besides an additional burden for ZUS, which will verify their professional position all month. And then he was processing appeals. At this point, it is hard to say whether this thought will bring any savings or, on the contrary, will require additional resources.

KP readers and readers most likely do not request an explanation, How much it's all detached from reality. It is not essential to mention one more time to the data of the Central Statistical Office, ZUS, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy and Deloitte's study showing that the Ukrainian wave of war refugees is simply worth Poland; it adds more to the strategy than it draws, etc.

New rules will besides hit Poles

Depriving 800 plus children whose parents lose their jobs is creating a slave caste tied to low-paid jobs. It besides spoils the marketplace for Poles themselves who will compete with foreigners willing to work for less. We all like to get a small worse if we can take down the neighbor. possibly there is nothing more Polish.

Let us add to this the fact that the Polish State has given up integration of Ukrainian children under the programme The school for all, through which leaving the Ministry of National Education had – as she claims – Deputy Minister Joanna Mucha. The Polish State considered that in the long run it would like to have Ukrainians not integrated with Poles than integrated.

In Poland, it is easy to integrate migrants – from a culturally close country, rapidly absorbing language. We're doing everything we can to make this go away. We ourselves fund the ghettoization and alienation of the Ukrainian community. The Polish state will rise a generation of Ukrainians not following Poland and Poles. In this way, common antagonisms and resentations will only grow – precisely as Russia wants.

Not only Ukrainians and Ukrainian children will be executed at the entry into force of the Act in the present form. He will lose the Social safety Office, who will have more work, and that is completely unnecessary. They will lose future generations of Poles surviving in an even more divided society. They will lose Polish workers – here and now. It'll only gain the Kremlin.

Finally, let us quote Donald Tusk's post again, which, in the context of Russian disinformation, writes: “The function of politicians is to halt this wave, not to swim on it.” What can I say? I'm waiting.

* Oh, my God *
Wojtek Żubr Bolinski – the creator of an opinion-making egalitarian programme The guillotine.