Polish PM says solidarity on migration 'cannot be obligatory'

E. Azzopardi

Oct 23rd 2009, 08:20

Whatever we are told, this will never become obligatory. This Honourable gentleman is not the first to say it and will not be the last. They just do not want to commit themselves. Period.,
Having said that, he may send a message next week telling us that to help out , Poland will take five of them and they would say that they have done their duty. like others did after all. And it will stop thre. Why we are so naive I cannot comprehend. WE have to do something about this OURSELVES..

Sander Depasquale

Oct 23rd 2009, 08:03

So why did we sign the immigration pact? This was not in the interest of Malta.

Other EU countries feel free to hang up our dirty linen for all the world to see like bbc is doing for example:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8313956.stm

but at the same time they want to sit there doing almost nothing to help us!!!

Malcolm Farrugia

Oct 23rd 2009, 00:09

"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said today that it would be 'difficult' for Malta to get help to deal with illegal immigration if burden-sharing was obligatory" Mr Tusk is a very funny politician, we will not get help once burden sharing is oblgatory. Help is when a country come to aid in time of need, USA is helping us even if they take just one immigrant, because they have no obligation to do so. On the other hand EU countries will have to take an x ammount per capita!
So better have our European "brothers" obliged by law to take these immigrants.

fbonello

Oct 22nd 2009, 23:35

Thank you Europe !!!!

Muscat. Pat

Oct 22nd 2009, 19:40

Mr Tusk is a patriotic Pole who defends the interests of his country. Very normal. In our case, GonziPN-as all past "Natonalists" expect foreigners to defend OUR interests! How naive! An other week passes and the PN spin will continue brain washing people how wise it was for GONZIPN to sign voluntary burden dumping!

Marisa Gauci

Oct 22nd 2009, 18:57

Coming from the PM of a country with such a close connection with the word solidarity, it hurts even more. Remember when we were asked to light candles in solidarity with these people some years back!

mario gellel

Oct 22nd 2009, 18:30

Why take it against poland, Blue eye guys?? Was it not your pn minister and party as a whole that did not take the PL advice not to sign the so called BURDEN SHARING agreement ???

C.ZARB

Oct 22nd 2009, 18:06

@ Mr Zammit

There is nothing wrong with governments placing their national interests first. If only Malta had such type of government, we would be in much safer hands. Anyway as good old Dun Karm Psaila said "Agħti, kbir Alla, id-dehen lil min jaħkimha". So lets pray that the EU will one day be kind with Malta.

Kevin Zammit

Oct 22nd 2009, 17:59

That's it then ... it has been decided that handling illigal immigrants is up to every individual country. So Malta should do like it used to do before, pack up everyone and send them back to origin without checks. This way they in turn can start doing again what they used to do in the past get to Europe through countries like Poland. Longer but actually safer.

Joe Xuereb

Oct 22nd 2009, 17:59

The Poles, of course, are past-masters at playing the victim card. They 'escaped' the stifling country of their fathers the minute they could. Britain was inundated. The job market dried up. And they returned home in their thousands. So Poland has an immigration problem of sorts. It does not want more of ours. But it is very zealous when it comes to doing business. Money talks. Especially in Catholic Poland. Poland for the Poles it seems. They can go. They can come back. That is enough on our plate. Pan Tusk seems to be saying. The usual political spin. We have heard it all before.

C.R. Taliana

Oct 22nd 2009, 17:59

Easy way to solve the problem - call it OBLIGATORY BURDEN SHARING!

C Calleja

Oct 22nd 2009, 17:55

With friends like these, who needs enemies.

charles zammit

Oct 22nd 2009, 17:30

it is ok for the polish pm to try and play with words on solidarity but when the polish interests were at stake they tried to wring the eu arms in every way possible to get their own way including docks subsidiaries. even as mush as recently they tried to drag the united states into confrontation with russia by accepting to install part of the star wars project on its soil. they failed because a man saw through their plot. if it were not for mr obama we would have had another arms buildup in europe thanks to poland. let us call a spade a spade we must get all the help the eu states can offer so that we can cope with the migrants problem.

DVella

Oct 22nd 2009, 17:25

Maybe the Polish PM is correct in stating that Solidarity cannot be obligatory because once it becomes obligatory then it ceases to be solidarity . . . On the other hand, once the Solidarity in EU Member states is so disgustingly poor then we should start putting aside the idea of solidarity and start talking of obligations instead!!!

If the 'solidarity' shown by these hypocritical EU Member states matches their zeal and promptness in criticizing and running down Malta . . . AND Italy, for their adopted procedures in response to the illegal immigration problem then the problem would disappear overnight ! ! !