The astonishing silence of the Spanish media on what is happening in Poland

The media in Spain often show very uneven attention to the problems of other countries.

The president of the Polish Constitutional Court accuses Donald Tusk of staging a 'coup'
The coup on the Rule of Law by the new center-left government in Poland

When the conservatives of the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) party were in government, news about Poland was as frequent as it was manipulated. Reading some media gave the impression that Poland was under a terrible dictatorship. This media campaign fuelled a campaign by Von der Leyen's European Commission against Poland, claiming that it was to defend the "rule of law" but launching harsh attacks against the government of that country for rejecting abortion and gender ideology.

That campaign suddenly came to an end with the arrival of the centre-left government of Donald Tusk, president of the Platforma Obywatelska (PO), the main Polish partner of the European People's Party. Without a single legislative change, Von der Leyen withdrew her sanctions against Poland simply because of the change of government, and has maintained them despite attacks on the rule of law by the Tusk government, which began shortly after coming to power. Suddenly, many foreign media outlets have lost all interest in current events in Poland, and are now blatantly covering up the abuses of the Tusk government.

This indifference is reaching astonishing extremes. This morning I published here that The president of the Polish Constitutional Court has accused Donald Tusk of staging a 'coup d'état'. This news appeared yesterday in the Polish media and has also appeared in The European Conservative, among other foreign media. At the time of publishing these lines, in Spain this information has only appeared on two websites, and one of them is Counting Stars, which was the first to publish it this morning. None of the major Spanish media have published anything about it.

Many people believe that we live in an "information society" and that it is impossible to hide a relevant fact from the public today, but it is alarming to see how a very serious event in another European country can go almost unnoticed in Spain, simply because many media outlets are no longer interested in reporting on what is happening in Poland for ideological reasons: politicians who were viewed favourably by many media outlets now govern there and that is why they look the other way. Of course, Counting Stars will continue to report on Poland and on what Tusk is doing, with Von der Leyen's blessing.