The candidate KO of the hard electorate of the Mentzen and Bosak parties will not convince himself. However, he could not let go of the chance to show himself to a wide audience. He amazed the host of the conversation and refused to sign an eight-point program declaration.
On the occasion of the interview, it was revealed that Mentzen did not rather well prepare his celebrated 8 questions, as Trzaskowski proved. Let us focus on the most powerful examples.
Mentzen asked about a LGBT spokesperson and pointed to... redheads
At times this conversation was absurd. Sławomir Mentzen, for example, asked why a LGBT spokesperson was appointed in Warsaw, while many another groups were discriminated against.
When Trzaskowski tried to find out who it was, the Confederate politician pointed to... red men. There were more moments like this.
When Trzaskowski spoke of discrimination and attacks on the LGBT community, Mentzen gave distant and utmost examples from the UK and rather niche concerning sex transit.
We won't have the euro, even if we wanted to.
One crucial subject for the leader of the Confederation is the introduction of the euro. This is 1 of the points in his declaration. Mentzen clearly suggested that Trzaskowski could be in favour of introducing the euro.
Meanwhile, Trzaskowski assured that there were no plans to introduce the euro. And even though we do not know how powerfully we curse reality, the euro in Poland is the subject of a long future.
Above all, we would gotta meet the alleged convergence criteria. These are the conditions that must be met so that the country can join the euro area. For example, price stability, sound public finances, a unchangeable exchange rate and long-term interest rates convergence. Poland simply does not meet these conditions.
Therefore, Nawrocki (enemy of the euro) and Trzaskowski (perhaps a euro supporter) could easy sign the declaration that they would not sign the introduction of a common European currency in Poland.
No one's gonna ban cash.
"I will not sign any bill limiting cash turnover and I will stand defender of Polish gold" – sounds 1 of Mentzen's programming points. Karol Nawrocki had no problems with the curse on this point. Rafał Trzaskowski's powerfully different views. due to the fact that which candidate will say he will not stand defender of Polish gold?
By the way, there are no serious plans to replace cash with any another form of payment. Cash can be rotated to certain limits, above certain amounts you can only make transfers. The reason is clear, it's about preventing money laundering.
Freedom to preach? Of course.
"I will not sign any law limiting freedom of expression in accordance with the Polish Constitution" – is the next point of Mentzen's declaration. I don't know anyone who wouldn't sign off on that. Especially that it is not possible to prohibit something that is in accordance with the basic law. That would be rather illogical.
Of course, Mentzen is referring to president Duda's rejection of the hatred speech bill. It is the salt in the eye of the right hand.
Nobody wants to send troops to Ukraine.
"I will not let to send Polish soldiers to the territory of Ukraine" – this is 1 of the most crucial points for Mentzen. But – as Trzaskowski noted – nobody has specified plans. And if Ukraine entered NATO and/or the EU (which is so far unrealistic) the situation could change.
Why limit access to weapons?
Sławomir Mentzen, as a proponent of the right to hold arms, made a request on this issue. "I will not sign any law limiting Poles' access to weapons" – that is the point.
If anyone knows anything about weapon possession laws, they realize that a weapon at home can be comparatively easy to have. It's a lot harder to have a weapon on the street.
The law is neither overly liberal nor overly restrictive. But "Poland is the most disarmed country in Europe" - he repeats like Mantra Mentzen. Poles have about a million weapons, the number is increasing. Mentzen's thesis doesn't precisely agree with reality.
