I am usually very happy when I see European nations do well. The thing with poland however is that many Poles I know (including half of my family) are very nationalistic right wingers, for their very own reason. I cant even be mad about it, since they where stripped off their statehood over and over again in the last hundreds of years. Anyway, they hate Germany, and they hate the EU project. Despite the fact that the town they live in was basically lifted out of poverty. Out of a decaying ghetto-standard, into a fully developed upper class village with blooming parcs, illuminated waterfountains and more ice-cream-vendors than bars. All of that with funds provided by the European Union. Funds that have been contributed by the "richer" half of the EU - e.g. Germany, France, etc. 🙄 Now many say that Poland will become a small economic powerhouse in the future. Awesome! But will they then contribute to the EU the same way Germany or France do? Or will they call the EU a parasitic enemy that just wants to steal all the hard-earned zloty? Macron is right when he says that Europe is mortal. Let's hope for the best.

Is this Poland actually doing better or are other countries doing worse?