Nationalism, as in anti-European Union and anti-globalism, is sweeping through Eastern Europe and in no place is it catching fire faster than Poland.
Upwards of 50,000 Poles were reported out in the streets Wednesday evening, marching with flags and slogans like “Stop Islamization” and “Great Catholic Poland” on the anniversary of Poland’s return to independence after World War I.
There were 11 demonstrations throughout the day in Warsaw Wednesday. Police came out in full riot gear and there were some minor skirmishes, but no injuries reported.
“God, honor, homeland,” chanted the protesters as they marched under a sea of red-and-white Polish flags, the Telegraph reported.
Demonstrators trampled and burned a European Union flag at one point, while a banner added to the anti-EU theme with the slogan “EU macht frei” (“Work makes you free” in German), a reference to the slogan over the gates at Auschwitz, according to the Telegraph.
Poland’s outgoing centrist government has agreed to accept about 7,000 refugees from Syria and Eritrea, a plan that has angered many Poles.
Germany, by contrast is accepting at least 1 million migrants from Syria and other countries in the Middle East and Africa. France has agreed to take 22,000, Britain 20,000 and Spain 17,000. Sweden has taken in more than 40,000 Middle Eastern refugees this year and Greece 88,000, according to Inquisitr.com.
In the wake of the migrant crisis, Poland’s anti-migrant Law and Justice party won in a landslide election Oct. 25. A new government will be sworn in within days.
“Yesterday it was Moscow, today it’s Brussels which takes away our freedom,” chanted one group of protesters.
The crowds gathered in front of the National Stadium where they lit flares under the slogan “Poland for the Poles, the Poles for Poland.”
Some, such as American author Pamela Geller, have speculated Europe could be on the brink of civil war if the migrant crisis continues unabated and European politicians continue to hang out the “welcome” banner in face of growing opposition from their own people. Stories of Germans being evicted from apartment homes so migrants can be accommodated and mounting reports of rapes in Germany and Sweden do not bode well. ...
http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/eu-flag-burned-as-thousands-protest-migrants/#ER1TgUEKOxiuqjOG.99
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