Look at its conduct towards the new Polish government, of which Brussels deeply disapproves. That government is unpleasant and not behaving well, but is hardly unique in deceiving voters about its intentions. Poles elected it just months ago. Poland is a democracy, and will have a chance to unelect it, which it may well take. It is not the EU’s job to destabilise or dictate to the government of Poland, however vile it thinks it is, not least because the European Commission has far less democratic legitimacy than the Polish government does.