Еще о Польше. Когда там случился переполох вокруг конституционного суда, было забавно читать отечественных экспертов, которые явно не понимали, что происходит, но все же объясняли (классика). Тут, конечно, не политологов надо было звать, а скорее филологов. Как известно, фабула «Пана Тадеуша» строится вокруг нуднейшей юридической коллизии – и вот тут примерно то же самое. В этом деле важнее всего контекст, а среди тех, кто этот контекст понимает, неожиданно (для меня) оказался бывший британский дипломат Крейг Мюррей. Вот несколько его очень верных замечаний – а статья целиком тут (как говорится, zachęcam do lektury!) The first thing to say about Poland is that the current crisis is unlikely to turn violent, certainly not in a sustained way. There will be a lot of yelling and name-calling and a lot of references to obscure old feuds and scandals, but Poland is not Ukraine or even France, and will muddle through as usual with some kind of woolly compromise to see us through the next few years. It is a great mistake to try to shoehorn the divisions into a classic economic policy-related party alignment of left and right, or even into the liberal vs populist model. Poland is sui generis, a thing unto itself. When I was in Poland in the mid-1990s it had both the highest rate per capita of Catholic church attendance in the world and arguably the highest abortion rate per capita in the world. As usual in Poland, both sides are entirely unreasonable. The conflict dates back to 2015 but every legacy media account I have seen gives a false account of how it started. I expect this to fizzle out. It may appear like the most massive bust-up, but I know many of these people and they all know each other. The bitterness does not really extend far into personal relationships. But while I have a deep love for Poland and its people, I very seldom write about its politics or its politicians – because frankly I find both exasperating. Polish poIitics consists almost entirely of unreasonable men with foolish opinions yelling at each other about points tangential to their real disagreements. #exomnipolska