EU parliament clash
Some people are starting to wonder whether Poland should be in the European Union. The extreme right wing government currently in power does not share European values. On Tuesday a Polish MEP praised Spanish General Franco and his policies. Maciej Marian Giertych said Europe needs leaders like General Franco to bring back, and protect, traditional values. A furious outcry followed by socialist leader Martin Schultz.
A Polish MEP has sparked a sharp exchange of views in the European Parliament with his comment that Europe needs more politicians like Spanish dictator General Franco, as deputies debated the lessons learnt 70 years after his coup in Spain.
Maciej Marian Giertych, a Polish non-attached MEP from the League of Polish Families, a ruling coalition party in Poland, broke rank from his European counterparts who condemned General Franco and his dictatorship during a plenary debate on Tuesday (4 July).
In his speech on the subject, Mr Giertych praised the Spanish right-wing powers and in particular general Francisco Franco for stopping the spread of communism to western Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
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