In this conversation with our editor, Katarzyna Krzyżanowska, Molly Krasnodębska discusses her newest book “Politics of Stigmatization. Poland as a Latecomer in the European Union” (Palgrave Macmillan 2021). The interview touches on the political equality of Member States within the EU, the stigma of a latecomer applied to Poland (and other Eastern European countries), and the discursive hierarchy inside the EU.

The conversation was conducted on 4th of February, before Russia invaded Ukraine.