In favor of the pandemic, certain European governments are endowing themselves with special powers. " Quite logical " but it must remain " proportional ", warns the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders. A message to Warsaw and Budapest, which Brussels fears of authoritarian temptations, further distancing them from European values.
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Between Brussels and Warsaw, the conflict has been chronic since the arrival of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) in power in 2015. Regularly, European authorities say they are " worried " about the excesses of the rule of law and multiply the implementation keep. This April 6, the lights again turned red. The ultra-conservatives took advantage of their majority in Parliament to forcefully amend the electoral code. Result: the presidential elections of May 10 are maintained, and will be held by correspondence. A decision taken despite the inconsistencies with the constitutional rules, and which will favor the president
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