Yeah, I understand that not everything wise is politically possible. But it seems like the pro-EU argument here is that the Poles et al do something known to be foolish in order to honor a process, with little thought given to questioning how well the process works if it i s rigidly enforcing foolish policies.
I think a Euro state based on the EU framework would be unlikely to be accountable to the various populations of Europe, especially outside of the Germans and French. I'd expect it to be undemocratic and authoritarian. The constant invocation of "But the rules!" as an answer to "But taking in refugees is stupid!" supports this view imo. Bureaucrats almost always care about their own authority more than the results of their polices being good.
I do understand their objections. And I don't think it is so much "but the rules" but it's more helping each other out.
Because Greece and Italy already have those refugees due to them being the first country they arrive in.
Sometimes you have to do something you don't like or consider foolish if you are in a Union.
For example, currently, people from other EU countries can get social benefits in Germany.
Of which 92.000 are Poles so they can come to Germany and get unemployment and health insurance and child support.
Now, this is obviously foolish and very unpopular in Germany. So Germany started to implement a law that people can only get those benefits if they worked at least 5 years in Germany.
But this new law might not fit under EU regulation. It's not clear right now. But because Germany is unhappy with the situation we do not stop paying all those people.
We oblige by the current EU rules that we agreed on until the issue in resolved in court or adjusted to fit EU regulations.
I would like that country like Polen who are one of the biggest benefactors from other unpopular laws would have the same kind of mindset. Because that is simply something you have to live with if you want the benefits from the EU.
Thats what I mean with they can leave. Everyone will have some laws they don't like. That is just not avoidable but if they can't get over that the first time there is an issue. The EU might not be for them.
Because they don't seem to have a problem taking advantage of beneficial laws that are unpopular in other countries. But that is just part of being in the EU.
