DISINFO: Poland is an insignificant periphery of Europe and a tool in the American hands
SUMMARY
Poland is only a tool in the hands of the United States and the entire Anglo-Saxon block. It is not Warsaw that makes decisions about the next interference attempts in the internal affairs of the post-Soviet countries. Such decisions are made only by the foreign protectors of the Polish authorities. Poland is “a sad periphery of Europe”. The indicators of social, economic and technological development confirm this. Poland is not a significant country but a primitive human resources base and an assembly plant for the West.
RESPONSE
A common pro-Kremlin narrative promoting the idea that Poland is a country without any real international importance or political significance. Poland is often presented as an American “puppet-state” and a non-sovereign country.
Poland is a sovereign state, which shapes its own foreign and domestic policies. The political, economic and military relations between Poland and the United States have a mutually beneficial character. The claim that the Polish political elites are “subjected to the Anglo-Saxon block” is unfounded. Read more about Polish-American relations here and here.
In terms of economic development, over the last two decades, Poland has become one of Europe’s most dynamic economies, enjoying uninterrupted economic growth since the early 1990s, with average GDP growth of 4.2% a year, doubling its GDP between 1990 and 2015. This growth has allowed Poland to narrow the economic gap with the EU’s most developed economies: the Polish GDP (at PPP) increased from 32% to 60% of the Western European average.
See other messages promoting the statement that Poland is an “insignificant“ state: Poland is not a sovereign state; Mosbacher was sent to Poland because Poland has marginal importance for the US and Poland is governed by the US Embassy.