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Party leader Jarosław Kaczyński
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Despite massive differences with the EU, Poland's national-conservative ruling party, the PiS, led by Jarosław Kaczyński, is committed to the country's membership in the international community.
The PiS leadership has ruled out an exit from the EU in a resolution.
"We want Poland to be a member of the EU and remain a sovereign state," said the PAP news agency in a paper approved by the party leadership.
“On the other hand, we rule out the possibility of a Polexit.” If the PiS is assumed to intend to leave the EU, this is “lying propaganda” by the opposition.
The PiS leadership was reacting to a debate among the Polish public that several high-ranking party representatives had started with allusions to a possible exit from the EU.
Last week, PiS parliamentary group leader Ryszard Terlecki referred to Brexit and said that Poland must also think about "drastic steps".
Vice-parliamentary group leader Marek Suski alluded to the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany in World War II when he said: "We will fight with the Brussels occupiers." And opposition leader Donald Tusk also commented.
He did not consider Poland to leave the EU to be ruled out.
The country could no longer be an EU member "faster than it seems to anyone" if the current PiS campaign slipped out of the hands, said the former EU Council President.
Controversial point of disciplinary body for judges
According to a recent survey, however, a good 88 percent of Poles want to stay in the EU.
In contrast, only a good 7 percent think their country should leave the community.
The PiS government is in dispute with the EU Commission over its judicial reforms (read more here).
This has applied to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for financial sanctions against the country.
The background to this is the continued activity of the Polish Disciplinary Body to punish judges.
The ECJ had ordered the chamber to stop in an interim order, but it is still in session.
The EU is currently withholding corona aid because there are concerns about whether Poland is violating the rule of law.
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