06/05/2026 09:14
The Guardian
Green leader said he hosted fundraisers for the Red Cross but accepts he should not have described himself as a spokesperson for itJakub Krupa writes the Guardian’s Europe live blog.Poland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, has warned that Britain would not get a similar deal to its previous EU membership as it pursues a reset in relations with the bloc, warning that British political elites need to “internalise the fundamental European deal” on pooling sovereignty.Well, I’ve declared publicly that if Britain re-applies, Poland will vote in favour. But Britain will not get the same deal that it had before because you had a de facto à la carte membership. You had an opt out from being a member of the Schengen zone. You had an opt out from joining the euro, you had vetoes. You had two important agencies, pharmaceutical and financial services. and so you integrated where it suited your interests, and of course, you had the famous agricultural rebates, negotiations negotiated by the saintly Margaret Thatcher.You wouldn’t get that kind of deal today, which means that you probably would reject the deal.When I read these stories in the Daily Mail about how even Poland will soon overtake Britain, I become suspicious because I don’t think they are meant out of sympathy. They are meant to humiliate the current British government that even Poland is on track to overtake Britain: not in the standard of living; in GDP per capita. It’s not the same thing.Those messages are all unacceptable, and it’s important to condemn that.The Green party are an anti-racist party, and it’s important that we stick to our values.We’re an anti-racist party. And so what I’ve already committed to doing is making sure that we have a standardised vetting process in future, and also make sure that we have compulsory training of all our candidates to make it clear that antisemitism is completely unwelcome in the Green party, as it is in society.It’s also important to say one case of antisemitism is one too many. Continue reading...
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