Poland Puts the Brakes on Arms for Ukraine, but the Train Wreck Is European Unity

Warsaw emerges as bellwether of EU discord on everything from Ukrainian grain imports to migrants flooding southern Europe.

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President Duda, left, welcomes President Zelensky as they meet at the Presidential Palace, Warsaw, April 5, 2023. AP/Czarek Sokolowski

Getting Europeans to agree on anything these days is about as easy as getting Democrats and Republicans to sing a duet about apple trees and honey bees. Although it was brewing for some time, Poland’s decision to stop transferring weapons to Ukraine underscores the badly fractured state of unity in the European Union on a host of issues, from the war in Ukraine to energy to how to stop a tidal wave of illegal immigration. 

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