DISINFO: Poland wants to re-establish its own empire
SUMMARY
Leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia will attend the celebration of the 230th anniversary of the Constitution of 3 May 1791. Territories of all of these countries - fully or partly - belonged to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This celebration is a celebration of empire, which never happened. Also, it is an attempt to create a block (new empire) of the states of Central and Eastern Europe by the initiative of Poland. It is strange that the mentioned countries are following Poland in this political performance (because all these countries have their own historical phantoms which not coincide with Polish).
RESPONSE
Recurring narrative presenting Poland as the state which has imperial ambitions. The celebration of the historical event evaluated as a modern geopolitical projection.
The 230th anniversary of the Constitution of 3 May 1791 is especially important for Poland and Lithuania. This document is considered by the two countries as the first written constitution in Europe. It is also part of common European historical heritage. The Constitution reflects enlightenment influences, which gave primacy to reason, law and freedom, as well as religious tolerance.
The celebration also is a reason for political dialogue between independent countries. As was announced, all heads of states, participating in the celebration, “will sign a joint declaration and discuss the relationship between the law and the well-being of the people”. Lithuania and Poland, as well as Latvia and Estonia, are part of the European Union. Ukraine is part of the Eastern Partnership programme of the EU. The meeting of the heads of these states during the celebration in Warsaw create conditions for equal dialogue (not a creation of the “block” or new “empire”).
See other examples of disinformation, accusing Warsaw of using the Polish minority in Belarus to serve geopolitical games of Washington, or that present-day Polish foreign policy is reminiscent of 1930’s Polish anti-Soviet action, or that Poland is spreading historical propaganda.