Event 373

{
  "category": "Political",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The event is a documented mainstream political statement, directly attributed to a senior opposition leader and widely reported in Polish national media. The rhetoric fits established informational operations patterns in the region, supporting high confidence.",
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Polish opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński accused the country's ruling pro-European coalition of following a plan to destroy religion and 'turn people into animals', positioning the country in an ideological conflict over traditional values in Poland.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-05-18T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński has accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk of overseeing a European plan to bring Polish society under control and get rid of religion. 'Many simply want to turn people into animals.'",
    "'This is, in essence, Tusk’s task: to create the new, fittest, less European model.' He added: 'It is very simple, it is about saying that people have no duty just to survive, maybe in comfort, maybe in unhappiness, but in order to live even more like an animal. You in Poland are to be no exception.'",
    "Kaczyński also suggested that, while such ideas are imported from the West, they are being encouraged by 'those from the East' – a reference to Russia."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Many simply want to turn people into animals.",
    "'This is, in essence, Tusk’s task: to create the new, fittest, less European model.' He added: 'It is very simple, it is about saying that people have no duty just to survive, maybe in comfort, maybe in unhappiness, but in order to live even more like an animal. You in Poland are to be no exception.'",
    "Kaczyński also suggested that, while such ideas are imported from the West, they are being encouraged by 'those from the East' – a reference to Russia."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Political Subversion",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński has accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk of overseeing a European plan to bring Polish society under control and get rid of religion. 'Many simply want to turn people into animals.'",
            "'This is, in essence, Tusk’s task: to create the new, fittest, less European model.' He added: 'It is very simple, it is about saying that people have no duty just to survive, maybe in comfort, maybe in unhappiness, but in order to live even more like an animal. You in Poland are to be no exception.'",
            "Kaczyński also suggested that, while such ideas are imported from the West, they are being encouraged by 'those from the East' – a reference to Russia."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "PL"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Ruling coalition “wants to destroy religion and turn people into animals”, says Polish opposition leader",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_373_1763924891_2ebf1eda.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??  Polish opposition leader makes extreme anti-EU remarks",
  "political_disruption_countries": [
    "PL"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/05/17/ruling-coalition-wants-to-destroy-religion-and-turn-people-into-animals-says-polish-opposition-leader/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Polish opposition leader accuses the ruling coalition of attempting to destroy religion and transform society in a manner he describes as dehumanizing, intensifying domestic political polarization.",
  "url": "https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/05/17/ruling-coalition-wants-to-destroy-religion-and-turn-people-into-animals-says-polish-opposition-leader/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "PL",
  "Attack Type": "Political Subversion",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL",
  "Date": "18-May-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??  Polish opposition leader makes extreme anti-EU remarks",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "PL",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??  Polish opposition leader makes extreme anti-EU remarks",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/05/17/ruling-coalition-wants-to-destroy-religion-and-turn-people-into-animals-says-polish-opposition-leader/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}