Polish MEP blasts EU over ‘warmongering’ policies

Grzegorz Braun has accused fellow parliamentarians of dragging the bloc into war due to their hostile approach towards countries “they don’t like”

Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun has accused fellow parliamentarians of trying to drag the EU into a war due to their hostile policies towards certain countries.

Braun, from Poland’s Confederation of the Polish Crown party, voiced the criticism on Tuesday during a plenary debate concerning the situation in Syria and the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East region.

“God Bless everybody, Syrians and all the others,” the Polish MEP started his speech in Strasbourg, France.

“The question is – who’s next? Who’s next that you’re going to nominate for ‘a bad guy,’ somebody to be erased, delegitimized, somebody that you want to help rob, kill, who’s next?” he said. 

Braun went on to claim that every time European parliamentarians hold debates, they are busy trying to designate their next enemies.

“You nominate Russia obviously, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania. These are the countries that you don’t like,” the politician stressed.

With such policies they are irrevocably dragging the EU into a war, according to Braun. 

“All along you were being grotesque with your warmongering. Now you’re becoming more and more dangerous to the people of Europe and the world,” Braun concluded.

Braun is known for his strong criticism of the EU’s position on a range of international matters, including the Ukraine conflict. In September, he had his microphone muted during a plenary debate after questioning whether the European Parliament is “some war council” and suggesting that the bloc’s continued military support for Kiev is only “prolonging” the war and “not helping Ukrainian people.” 

A month later, the Polish lawmaker engaged in another heated debate at the parliament following the bloc’s approval of a loan worth up to €35 billion ($37 billion) for Ukraine to be financed through revenues from frozen Russian assets, which some parliamentarians, including Braun, denounced as “theft.” 

Braun then said he would not “take part in organized crime” by spending money that is “simply not yours.” 

In October, the politician accused the EU of turning a blind eye to Israeli actions against Palestinians, claiming that the bloc had licensed Israel to bomb anyone.