Poland doubled down hard on its anti-open borders stance last week, as the European Union leveled threats at the Czech Republic, yet another Eastern European country refusing to embrace mass Muslim migration.

On Thursday, Polish president Andrzej Duda promised his people a referendum on EU migration policies. “The public’s voice will be heard,” Duda pledged.

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“If Brussels continues to raise [the issue of migration], attempting to exert pressure and force on the Polish authorities, then public opinion will be extremely important,” Duda continued. “Poland does not consent to the forced relocation of refugees on our territory,” he said.

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Duda’s referendum promise came the same day that the ruling Law and Justice Party took to Twitter to speak out against a “Woodstock” festival planned for August in western Poland, near the German border.

The festival’s organizer, Jerzy Owsiak, made an earlier statement welcoming migrants living in Germany to the festival. “Do you really want to have an event in Poland with the participation of Muslim immigrants?” Law and Justice tweeted.

But as Poland was strongly reaffirming its resistance to the EU’s refugee resettlement program, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker was threatening the Czech Republic for showing similar resistance.

Earlier last week the Czech government approved a resolution halting the country’s participation in migrant resettlement.

“Solidarity is also not a one-way street,” said Juncker. “Those who want to benefit from solidarity, such as in the form of European cohesion funds, must be prepared to show solidarity,” he threatened.

In addition to Poland and the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are also actively resisting the EU’s refugee resettlement efforts. The EU is expected to launch legal proceedings against Poland and Hungary later this month in response to their noncompliance — neither country has accepted a single refugee.

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Nevertheless, both countries appear steadfast in their commitment to resist the EU’s efforts to force them to take in Muslim migrants. “A critical attitude towards the mechanism of migrant relocation is becoming increasingly widespread in the European Union,” Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło claimed in a press conference in May. “Poland cannot accept refugees,” she said, according to state broadcaster “Poland Radio.”

After the EU initially raised the threat of legal action in May, Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said that surrendering to the EU’s refugee relocation plan would “certainly be much worse” than any punishment the EU might impose.

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“Let us remember what happened in Western Europe. Let us remember the terrorist attacks,” said Błaszczak. “Remember that just started from a relatively small number of Muslim communities, which are now very numerous.”

Recent attacks in the U.K. have only strengthened Poland’s resolve to resist the EU’s migrant schemes.

“Where are you headed, Europe? Rise from your knees and from your lethargy, or you will be crying over your children every day,” Szydło said following the bombing in Manchester.

“If you can’t see this — if you can’t see that terrorism currently has the potential to hurt every country in Europe, and you think that Poland should not defend itself, you are going hand in hand with those who point this weapon against Europe, against all of us.”