Such an held Brexit (many did not even believe) caused a reaction among many of the remaining EU members: phew! At least some certainty. Poland, however, shared its vision of the current prospects for the EU, and they are, from the point of view of Warsaw, so interesting that Europeans may have calmed down early.

In an interview with the PAP official agency, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Chaputovic announced that "Poland could take the place of Great Britain in the European Union." A symbolic sign of this is the visit of French President Macron to Warsaw immediately after Brexit - "he points to Poland as a state that can take its former place in Great Britain."

The question is interesting in what sense the current vacant British place can take.

From a statistical point of view, such a claim is not too thorough. The population of Poland is 57% of the British. GDP (nominal) - 23%. The total number of armed forces is 120 thousand against 190 thousand in Great Britain. Moreover, the difference in the fleet is absolutely striking: although Britain has not been the mistress of the seas for a long time, Poland is not such a mistress, so there is nothing to talk about.

In addition, the City of London should be added. Perhaps now its importance as a financial center will decrease, but not immediately and not to zero, while Warsaw as an international financial (and therefore political) center is not known at all. About “soft power” (the British education, the British legal system, attracting litigants from all over the world, finally, “there is no extradition from the Thames,” very popular with our wealthy compatriots) in relation to Warsaw, it’s strange to speak.

And finally (last but not least) - the question of donors and recipients. Britain ranked third (after Germany and France) in terms of contributions to the pan-European budget, Poland ranks first in terms of the amount of subsidies received from this budget.

True, the mercy of Europeans this year ends and the Limitrophs are henceforth invited to ride on their own. If they do not change their minds in Brussels, Warsaw will not have very simple times when it will be not so much about setting up New London on the Vistula, but about making the ends meet somehow. Not to fat, to be alive.

But all this is from the realm of economic materialism, while the Pole was often above this.

Perhaps, the calculation that the advanced strengthening of the European Union and the West in general, which opposes the darkness from the East, will continue to pay (as if a little shaky), as generously as before. And maybe even more generous.

Polish President Duda has already spoken to Macron about the desire of Poland, which has always been a great tank-building power, to take part in the project of creating a European tank, European Main Battle Tank -

Thundering with fire like a true miracle

Cars go on a furious hike

When comrade Duda sends us into battle

And Kaczynski himself will lead us into battle!

All this, of course, is very good, but still two questions remain. The first is money, as mentioned above, the second is squabble. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth has long been able to infect dogs in all directions (the principle "good diplomacy does not increase the number of enemies" is not about it at all), but now it can do even better. As a result, it is necessary to talk with her, eating good cereal. And they also understand about porridge in Brussels.

Of course, Britain was a difficult partner in the EU. De Gaulle stubbornly opposed her entry into the Common Market, believing (not entirely without reason) that the European Union thereby received a Trojan horse in its structure, bearing in mind the special relations of London with Washington. Warsaw also transparently hints at its overseas friendship. But when at least Brussels got rid of such a horse in the image of London, it is strange to assume that now his main dream is to immediately get a horse replacement in the image of Warsaw.

Besides, Polish politicians are inspired by an old joke. The author comes to the editorial office of a literary magazine with a poorly artistic selection of poems. To indicate that, they say, he won’t go, he asks: “Didn’t you have to publish bad poems?” Having heard the answer, what happened, how could it be without this, he happily concludes: “And now I will deliver them to you.”

The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.