{"id":854,"date":"2026-05-20T15:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/20\/eu-elites-have-caused-unimaginable-damage-ex-polish-pm\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:41:19","slug":"eu-elites-have-caused-unimaginable-damage-ex-polish-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"EU elites have caused \u2018unimaginable damage\u2019 \u2013 ex-Polish PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leszek Miller has lashed out at Ursula von der Leyen, Kaja Kallas, and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel<\/strong><\/p>\n

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel have done \u201cunimaginable damage\u201d<\/em> to the EU through a series of disastrous policies, former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller has said.<\/p>\n

Miller, who was responsible for Warsaw\u2019s 2004 accession to the EU, took to X on Tuesday after Merkel received the newly created European Order of Merit award, presented to her by von der Leyen during a ceremony in Strasbourg.
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\u201cMerkel and von der Leyen are two German women who have caused unimaginable damage to the European Union. I hope that justice will still catch up with them,\u201d<\/em> Miller wrote.<\/p>\n

Merkel led Germany from 2005 to 2021 through multiple crises. Among her most divisive policies was the decision to admit large numbers of asylum seekers during the 2015 migration crisis.<\/p>\n

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EU \u2018not very relevant\u2019 on global stage \u2013 ex-foreign policy chief<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Among Merkel\u2019s other disputed policies is Germany\u2019s nuclear phaseout after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. The current chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called the move a \u201chuge mistake.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Merkel also took part in negotiating the 2014 and 2015 Minsk accords between Russia and Ukraine, admitting in 2022 that the agreements were intended in part to \u201cgive Ukraine time\u201d<\/em> to strengthen its military. Moscow said it was \u201cdeceived\u201d<\/em> by the deal\u2019s European guarantors.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen, meanwhile, has become one of the EU\u2019s most polarizing leaders over her backing for aid to Ukraine and sweeping sanctions on Russia that critics say have fueled inflation and put pressure on European industry.<\/p>\n

Critics also accuse von der Leyen of centralizing power and sidestepping traditional EU decision-making processes, particularly through efforts to weaken or abolish member states\u2019 veto powers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Europe\u2019s search for a Putin negotiator deadlocked<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In a separate post, Miller lashed out at EU foreign policy chief and Russia hawk Kaja Kallas after she argued that the bloc must be able to \u201cbeat\u201d<\/em> Russia to confront China.
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\u201cThe European Union is not made up entirely of idiots, but Ms. Kallas undoubtedly hails from that species,\u201d<\/em> Miller wrote.<\/p>\n

The remarks echo Russian criticism of the current EU leadership. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in 2025 there were \u201cno prospects for meaningful dialogue with the bulk of these elites in Europe,\u201d<\/em> while former President Dmitry Medvedev has described European leaders as \u201cdestructive and narrow-minded people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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