let poland the poland. we do not want to be ruled by the eu. [applause] what is so hard for me to figure out is people keep criticizing hungary and poland for these anti-democratic measures which they are eventually carrying out. and yet, the last time i looked at it, i believe the present government and hungary has been elected three times in a row i a two thirds majority -- by a two thirds majority. i believe in the last several elections in poland, same way. so the people are voting dim -- democratically. isn't that democracy in action? so perhaps we americans should not be so quick to criticize our friends and allies over there and let them go about their business as their people seem to want to do. one of the charges is that in these countries, the great majority all supports one party, which i think would never happen in the united states area -- united states. [laughter] it was me as prime minister who sent a letter to brussels in 1996 asking for membership in the eu. and it was me in april 2004 as president of the country who signed the

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poland and the ukraine. -- poland and ukraine. it seems to be a concern that russia will switch their gas off. >> that is true. they are saying if you want to bed at -- if you want to diversify, why do we need another gas pipeline from russia? why should we not think about other energy resources? this is a critical point according to the polish government. phil: poland has brought up world war ii reparations. they're talking about 743 billion euros. do they expect to get this? is this political lever -- a political lever? >> political lever. there is a moral level. there is the political level and a legal level. i think poland is hoping to have a signal that germany is thinking about c commemorating e polish casualties in a special way. poland's casualties were normal. is there will to keep up the subject on the political agenda? this year, we're having the 100th anniversary of polish independence. talking about the past is important. this is the fuel for them to be strong and to get influence in the country. phil: thank you very

"let poland be poland."hat is what we want. >> what is so hard for me to figure out is people keep criticizing hungary and poland for all of these anti- democratic measures which they are allegedly carrying out. yet, the last time i looked, i believe, the present government in hungary has been elected three elections in a row by the majority. the people speaking out and i believe, in poland, at least the last election, the same way. so the people are voting democratically, providing majorities, the government is moving ahead. isn't that democracy in action? perhaps we americans should not be quite so quick to criticize our friends and allies over there and let them go about their business as their people seem to want to do. >> one of the charges is, in these countries, they also bought one party, which i think would never happen in the u.s. >> in 1996 asking for membership in the eu, he goes to me in april 2004 as president of the country, find the entry into the eu. there was no other chance for a postcard

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i think in poland, religion kept poland going during the communist years. the fact that john paul ii came along, he was definitely instrumental in the solidarity movement. the church in poland is still pretty strong, not as strong as it used to be. go for the rest of europe and certainly does not go for the rest of the world. we havethe problem is seen christianity suffering all over the world now. nobody is coming particularly to the aid. if john paul ii were alive today, i think you would be more depressed today. mr. o'sullivan: it is fair to say that most european governments, not all, have not responded with enthusiasm to the cause of persecuted christians. they have wished it would go away. i think one of the most touching things i heard today was the story of the pope in zaire. i think that is one of the futures for the catholic church and christianity. rising --ere is a there is an explosion, and awakening, throughout all of africa. god, both in protestant, and evangelical pursuits and of roman catholic. i think the image in my mind is but the pope r

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be poland. a very simple phrase, but it motivated and uplifted people and brought them together in poland. it was a fourth and the movement and they felt connected. the church was absolutely in this context absolutely connected. everything from the conscious and the spirit and the words of the pope, but also right down to the actual dissemination of aid that was smuggled into poland. he was beaten to death because of his involvement in supporting solidarity. there was of movement and poland was crucial. poland was crucial because of that, all of these elements of the political support and leadership from the united states. the support from throughout europe at the time. no rest in terms of the church and the movement on the ground. let me say one last thing on grand strategy because i think it is important. public diplomacy was really significant and the importance of ideas, the importance of a grand strategy, that there was a goal and a target that literally tied together the speeches, tied tog

let poland be poland. light a candle in every window. it motivated people and brought them together. it was a force, a movement, and they felt connected. the church was absolutely connected. consciencefrom the and spirit and words of pope the paul ii, it also dissemination of aid that was smuggled into poland. well-known member of the poppel -- of the catholic church was beaten to death because of his involvement in supporting solidarity. poland was crucial in the movement because of the confluence of all of the elements, of the political support and leadership from the throughoutpport europe, no less in terms of the church and the movement on the ground. let me say one less thing on grant strategy, because i think it is important. significantmacy was thate importance of ideas there was a goal and target that tied together the speeches and tied together what president reagan advance, there was not 75, there was 77 about public diplomacy itself, using the radios and using instruments john described. ,nd significantly, i would add because

poland feels its interests have been ignored. but in spite of the differences merkel and jointly laid a wreath at warsaw's tomb of the unknown soldier a reminder of the need to ensure peaceful relations in the future. dr veronica priest my coach is a progress program director of the european academy but then the next verse on german polish relations welcome to d w n n a how about all things between germany and poland it depends where you're looking at i mean if you've got a society and the economy you can say it could have never been better i mean. talking about trades exchange it's much more than germany and russia have and you can say this is a big success if you're talking about politics you can say well things have been better and nowadays we have hot talks we have a hot discussion both on bilateral level and of course on the european level between the two parts so i would say there is still you know the potential to make it better ok so we're far as money goes it's all fine as far as politics goes we have problems absolutely

poland feels its interests have been ignored but in spite of the differences merkel and jointly laid a wreath at warsaw's team of the unknown soldier a reminder of the need to ensure peaceful relations in the future. dr veronica priest my coach is a progress program director of the european economy but then the next verse on german polish relations welcome to d.w. good day how about all things between germany and poland it depends where you're looking at i mean if you've got a society and the economy you can say it could have never been better i mean. talking about trades exchange it's much more than germany and russia have and you can say this is a big success if you're talking about politics you can say well things have been better and nowadays we have hot talks we have discussion both in bilateral level and of course in the european level between the two parts so i would say there is still you know the potential to make it better ok so far as money goes it's all fine as far as politics goes we have problems absolutely let's talk about power this north stream to this is the pipelin

said that poland is probably joining the count the countries which are not signing the. u.s. migration to it which is now under discussion. and the migration this week is a huge issue for germany how can the two countries hope to improve relations it's been putting up such resistance to germany. was a migration that has always been a controversial issues between the two countries the migration crisis came as we needed to go in the europe and to say at the same time. conservative government. so there was trouble with the brussels about the refugees. the polish government doesn't want and they didn't want to. take any refugees from this close to europe for years. so it's not surprising that the polish prime minister is saying now that poland is going to follow its own rule as this comes through is a migration. right monica here in warsaw thank you very much for that and of course you know high security zone we can care police actions all around you thank you for that update from capitol. and one of the one stop sailing couples will go head to head against each other this weeken

not in poland. those when you go basically tried to look at the voting base of the -- [inaudible] you're going to see quite a lot of people who are going, basically, to declare themself being successful in their own view of the economic changes. almost 80 percent of the polls believe that they're optimistic about their own economic prospects. and it's not just about europe because one thing that you should know is nevertheless, europe skepticism and criticism of european union is at the core, you should know that the two most pro-european public opinions in the european union for the last year have been poland and hungary. so this is not going to be the economy, stupid, this time. at least in the case of poland, it's not the economy, stupid. the other stories, and this was popular, i do believe, here with some people interpreting president trump and people with, for example, peace this poland they're going to say it was accident. it was said that it happened that the beautiful girl end up in bed wit

poland's energy security. let's bring in d.d.'s correspondent money to set out because she is standing by for us in warsaw with more on this story monica how serious is the current friction that we're seeing between warsong berlin. well ascensions have been very deep in the recent months and years as you already said. the european union or york and some if not also german officials the german government is very concerned about the judicial reform is in poland the sense of this reform is to putting on the putting judges and courts under the control of the government and the argument from the polish side is always that the old commies judges have to move have to go and they should be replaced by. government friendly judges. but this is of course it's causing tensions because germany from the polish perspective germany is probably the last country in europe which is allowed to the polish people lessons in democracy because of the historical reasons monica not looking at poland's perspective hole is also unhappy a

poland is a different story. poland resembles the training. it's a very much divided society but much more stronger opposition. corruption, quite a lot showing, corruption particularly what the european has been used in hogan was one of the instruments took sold at power. so put a very bluntly, hungarian regime is based on two major pillars. european rhetoric and -- but at the same time, poland corruption is not a major element of the machine. he can be criticized for many things but he's not interested money. she asked if he open bank accounts just over years ago, normally he's going to give authority. this this is a very different tf regime but that our sources into the places. it's important to keep these differences when we analyze because otherwise we are going great and ideal type that does not work for anybody. the last thing is not economic policies. normally particularly people, from latin america populism is always associate with a certain type of economic policies. what is interesting about hungary and poland is that the stuff the e

poland feels its interests have been ignored. but in spite of the differences merkel and jointly laid a wreath at warsaw's team of the unknown soldier a reminder of the need to ensure peaceful relations in the future. and for more let me bring in bottles to decades the head of the police department welcome back to this difficult time for german and polish relations first again if put this in context for us. well german polish relations has become worse and worse since the national conservative law and justice party piece took power in two thousand and fifteen or so has been particularly critical of america's. liberal policies on immigration and has repeatedly refused to accept refuges from other parts of the u. tensions have also been stopped by judicial reforms in poland there are also strong differences between warsaw and belly referring to the energy politics that's right that times are rough and some observers see and eyes iraq calming in the german polish relations so a lot of difficult issues between the two countries as yo

but these -- >> he wrote about how bad it wasn't poland. -- yet was in poland. he had written quite a bit about the severe shortage. >> when you think about these polish refugees in world war ii, but not in world war i, so isn't this what we're seeing here? >> yes. >> the polish and the germans -- i mean the russians and the germans tend to blame each other. the russians said it was the germans' fault because they were carrying out a scorched earth policy. they were destroying crops and houses as they retreated. russians would probably say no, that germans were taking everything like locusts as they headed east. and there's probably truth on both sides. >> yeah, the truth is probably -- >> but either way, these are the people that are going to pay the bill. these were itinerant spirit they had to pack up everything they thought they would have in the future to survive with their families. we until you see some of the scenes. there's a great shot coming up. these wagons, it's amazing they held together. >> yeah, there is one here, the wheel is about 45 degrees. >

a democratic poland. a couple of quotations once again. richard allen, the president's first national security adviser. "this relationship between reagan and the pope was one of the great alliances of all time. -- was one ofet the great secret alliances of all time." second quotation, john paul ii's biographer. the claim that the men entered into a conspiracy is journalistic fantasy. how do you characterize what took place between the white house and the vatican and those two men? what is the correct way for us to understand it? >> even last night there was a little bit of a dispute about what it was. it is somewhere between the two. i believe what you had here -- first of all, back to ronald reagan and his religious faith, it was that faith which made him admire the pope, particularly this pope because you had a very strong person on behalf of his faith, on behalf of his church, in the whole thing, what he had done up to that time, ronald reagan admired. admired him as a leader of his church. it was natural, i think, for him to admire tha

on the agenda more souls demands for reparations for germany's occupation of poland during world war two. and spanish football joins barcelona are opening three youth academy in china as they look to recruit the asian messi and boost their bread in the region. following terry martin thanks for joining us two journalists in myanmar jailed in connection with their reporting help the rich crisis are expected to pile appeals this week the reuters reporters wall loan and were sentenced to seven years in prison while investigating the massacres of rohingya muslims during a military crackdown last year many countries condemned the trial but as d.w. southeast asia correspondent boston heartache reports it's part of a wider push by the government in myanmar to saif stifle freedom of the press. a workers' strike on the outskirts of yangon. things get heated when protesters confront the police. line tips in why is right in the middle reporting it live on facebook. but situations like these are not the dangers journalists like him fear most it's criticizing the powerful which has once again beco

became king it's i'm going with part of them one try to document conditions in poland for farms works for peta the world's largest animal rights organization. is there anything we need to watch out for the crew we shouldn't draw attention to ourselves we're going to be in the area a while. most fair farmers don't want the public seeing or knowing what goes on in their farms we don't want to be seen looking at one of the biggest farms hence the fact that. most people think that for farms like the one we're going to only exist overseas in china and so on but the fact is the e.u. is a major fur producer. is that it that's the farm it's huge . about one hundred fifty thousand mink are kept here. as in fashion producers are gigantic farms like this security is tight so it must look pretty bad inside. for is a thriving industry in poland these days the country is the second biggest producer in europe with annual turnover of nearly four hundred million euros. was me he said sense with even if they were controlled by veterinarians how are they going to check one hundred fifty thousand animals

from warsaw all monica this is a big day then for poland i mean we're talking about the said tenniel for their country and its independence. was is a very important day on the war so there are twenty or even more different demonstrations and events plenty of them are really peaceful families with children are gathering enjoying this important anniversary singing measureless them together watching me terry pray. but as you said there are also at other altitude to feel here in war so in the center of the city there are many thousands nationalities coming from all over the country as they are they are gathering here and carrying not only white with national flags but also they are right about it was this year for the first time the president and the government are drawing this march of independence organized every use every year by the nationalities organization. in the recent years no officials wanted to do that because of the rod because power right slogans which were present to them during peace marches but so it's tensions and there is a lot of criticism about it for many people the

meanwhile poland's governing body has bowed to an e.u. ruling and move to reinstate supreme court judges it had forced into early retirement in october the european court of justice ordered poland to immediately suspend its decision to lower the retirement age of supreme court judges from seventy to sixty five this futile or force around two dozen judges off the bench and within the supreme court chief justice it's quite large protests with critics calling it a violation of the constitution. i'm joined now by love and passion professor of european law at the university of little six and an expert on the rule of law on matters of the e.u. so thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so obviously poland had been criticized for a while over this you know by the e.u. specifically why did they decide to act now do you think it's an interesting timing they were given a month or a month ago to comply with this court's ruling you mentioned so yesterday monday was the expiry of the deadline it came as a bit of a surprise this morning the

poland by far the e.u.'s largest coal producer has been working hard to reduce its dependence on the fossil fuel but for the miners that remain here it's the core of their identity . it's a treasure and if there were no coal they'd be no jobs if we close mines and everything else goes bankrupt like the shops and companies that produce and to live for goods to them. the polish government is keen to showcase cut of it as an example of a mining area that's been transformed into a modern environmentally friendly city the summit's venue is a former mine turned cultural center. hole is certainly in our memory and on our minds all the time. because it was cold that formed the whole potential of upper side e.c.m. it was the basic commodity that was extracted here and for sure there are some sentimentality. but we know perfectly well what's going on in the world and which direction we should be taking this approach. speaking of direction answering that question will be a priority when delegates gather here next week

well that it must this is a general march for you poland for polish independence. the national anthem was sung the nationalists set off flares. everything disappeared in smoke. after a while they took to the streets accompanied by right wing sympathizers from italy and estimated two hundred thousand people took part in the march. here in germany a major shake up at the top of the government could be underway interior minister. the head of the christian social union has faced increasing pressure to step down now multiple german media sources say is able to intends to step aside soon as c. . and to resign his post as interior minister within the current lead to such a theory is as leader of the c.s.u. the sister party of i'm going to battles christian democrats he repeatedly challenge him at all and forced a showdown that made it to the collapse of the coalition government he's rubik resignation follows a poor showing in last month's the varian state elections. residents of the eastern ukraine regions controlled by russia back separatists have voted for local governm

what state was poland in at the end of the first world war?the only positive thing about the conflict was that the three main powers which occupied poland, pressure, russia and austria, were fighting each other. that was the chance for pollen to regain independence. so, that's why we celebrate. but it is important that the celebrations are going all over central europe. and all of the nations free gain freedom at this time. then fast forward through history from 1918 when you read game independence to 1939 and the nazis and hitler and the invasion of poland, a nightmare for the polish people. it was a very difficult century for us because of the totalitarian regimes. nazi germany, we fought with them from the first day of the second world war. but also we were invaded by the soviet russia. in fact, for us the second world war was finished in 1989 when we read game our freedom and independence once again. staying with the second world war briefly, polish fighter pilots were a key pa rt polish fighter pilots were a key part of the battle against

so poland corruption is not a major element of the regime. tois not interested in money the extent he opened several banks accounts years ago kerry -- ago. this is a very different regime and it is important to keep these differences when we analyze, because otherwise we will create a type that does not work for anybody. the last thing is about economic policies. typically, people coming from latin america, populism is associated with economic policy. poland, it is not economic policies. it is the cultural policies that are more important. you are not going to see such major changes in economic policy. formeralking to the prime minister donald tusk and he said many of the policies of the current polish government, if we had been in power, we would have done them too. when it comes to the cultural policies, some are extreme. trying to understand the logic is quite important, in my view. marc: thank you. let's open it up. i'm going to start with carl. and you, as well. >> thank you, ivan. that was actually more interesting than i expected. [lau

the official ceremonies missed the fact that poland is a deeply divided society.veral former presidents who despite the government's nationalist leanings and euro scepticism boycotted the events. the also stayed away from a huge march because the government agreed to allow far right and nationalist groups to take part too. many ordinary patriotic poles did take part, including families. marching alongside the football fans and the nationalist. the president urged people to avoid political statements and carry only people wish like and almost everyone did. is small group of far right supporters did take their own political flags but there was no repeat of last year ‘s racist imagery and chance that did such damage to poland ‘s standing. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: + in motor sport, triumph for the mercedes team and lewis hamilton at the brazilian grand prix seals their win in the formula one constructors' championship. with nobody to stop them it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. the man who dominate

obviously for ronald reagan in hollywood in those days it was not like living in poland. but he had direct experience of them. edwin: yes, he did. even to the point where he would come to work armed because there were threats on his life. peter: a man with a plan. let me quote your 1992 memoir "with reagan." "reagan was more than simply anti-communist. he was an anti-communist with a game plan." can you explain that? edwin: he actually had a strategy. he knew they were vulnerable from an economic standpoint. because so much of their national wealth was being put into supporting their military and their aggressiveness around the world. so he knew they were economically vulnerable. he also knew and had the strong belief that freedom will overcome oppression. so he knew it is very difficult , for any government, even a very oppressive government like the soviets had, to keep their people under wraps for a long period of time. ultimately the human spirit would result in people wanting to be free. he was sympathetic to the captive nations. these were not just russians who happ

or to march this is a general march for you poland for polish independence. the national anthem was song the nationalists set off flares. everything disappeared in smoke. after a while they took to the streets accompanied by right wing sympathizers from italy an estimated two hundred thousand people took part in the march. in the united states giant wildfires continue to rage at both ends of the state of california more than two dozen people have been killed and the death toll is expected to rise in the south of the stay strong winds off fanning a giant blaze near los angeles in the northern california authorities also shameful vixens off the most destructive wildfire in the state's history this is all that remains of the town of paradise thousands of homes reduced to. rescue as a scouring the wreckage in search of the remains of those who lost their lives. the roads are strewn with burnt out vehicles so many gulf in flames as residents try to escape these nasa images show the inferno in the area around paradise the most destructive fire in california's histo

obviously for ronald reagan, in hollywood in those days it was not like living in poland, but, he had direct experience of them. >> seated, even to the point where he would come to work, armed, because there were threats on his life. >> a man with a plan, let me quote your 1992 more with reagan, quote, reagan was more than simply anti-communist. he was an anti-communist with a game plan. can you explain that? >> well, he actually had a strategy, first of all, he knew that they were vulnerable from an economic standpoint, because so much of all of their wealth really was being put into supporting their military, and their aggressiveness around the world, so he knew that they were economically vulnerable but he also knew, and he had a strong belief that freedom ultimately will overcome oppression. and, he knew that it was very difficult for any government, even a very oppressive government like the soviets had, to keep their people under wraps, for a long period of time. and, ultimately the human spirit would result in people wanting to be free, and very sympathetic to situations partic

i can't imagine that it explains -- it doesn't explain poland. you can't explain basically the success of poland going to the economic argument. for the past twin -- for the last 10 years poland was the biggest economic performer in europe as a whole, this was a country which even 2008 there was no recession, but it's not simply economic growth because the economic growth can be misleading. were talking also about a country in which you see a decline of social inequality. so, the other major argument is that it's about social inequality, not in poland. and then when you go, you voting base -- the voting base, you see other people who go to declare themselves being successful in their own view of the economic changes. but almost 80% believe they are optimistic about their own economic prospects and this is not just about europe, one thing you should know is that skepticism and criticism is at the core and you should know that the two most core european opinions in the union for the last year are poland and hungary . this is not going to be common

as far as poland is concerned do you think. it is more beneficial for it to continue at least floating an opportunity like that or do you think it may come back and bite it for example in straining the nato you need against russia well if those who would happen to you know emerge from poland through russian response would be automatic of course but if we are to sports russia is not interested in provoking this kind of tensions we hope that polish friends would be sane enough to avoid this. development. doesn't need to but i think it's clear that even before they can be deployed there is going to be a huge discussion and it's clear what position germany and perhaps pratt france are going to take that they're going to be strongly against that. having said that though if poland pursues that through three tory clee do you think that's going to be a russia problem or an ego problem because as far as i'm concerned i think that would make it very difficult for germany to maintain this you need to against russia well i hope that that w

for is a thriving industry in poland these days the country is the second biggest producer in europe with annual turnover of nearly four hundred million euros. with me he said since with even if there were controlled by veterinarians how are they going to check one hundred fifty thousand animals the farmers are one huge animal rights nightmare. well see why in a moment we try our luck on a smaller for a farm first. person that we need to be very careful with it's much easier to take the guy we saw collecting mushrooms i think we don't know what business he's in the suspect mentions he might decide we look search that could happen is that he calls his friends and they wait for us back at the car. has that happened that's happened often that we've had our paths blocked. and we also run into some trouble later but for now we're only having a look at this farm from the outside. and. it's not so gross. purses sociate about luxury but this place is anything but that red slop by the way is the meat waste they feed the animals. cull and they're all cowering in the corner so they're not movin

communistcountries of europe , political scientists discussed the rise of populism in hungary and poland and the motives behind russian interference and other countries elections. >>. >>. >> good afternoon everyone. i'm mark plattner, founding coeditor of the journal of democracy and cochair of the research council of the national endowment or democracy and international forum for democratic studies. i was very pleased to welcome all of you to this afternoon's discussion, both our audience was here at the offices of the national endowment or democracy and those of you who are viewing us on c-span. the international forum for democratic studies in addition to publishing the journal of democracy and hosting the reagan fellowship program conducted research and organize conferences of meetings on a wide variety of subjects related to democracy . his recent focus has been on the impact of authoritarian influence within democracies on transnational cleft doctor sees on protecting the democratic information states. if you're interestedin learning more about the work of the international forum ,