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Poland: Ursula Von der Leyen threatens new proceedings

2021-10-19T07:58:39.979Z


Trial of strength in the EU Parliament: Before the speech by Poland's Prime Minister Morawiecki, Commission President Von der Leyen Warsaw promised new punitive measures.


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Ursula von der Leyen threatens Poland with severe sanctions for questioning EU law.

"We cannot and we will not allow our common values ​​to be jeopardized," she said on Tuesday in a debate with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

The Commission will act.

"I am deeply concerned," said von der Leyen.

As specific options, von der Leyen named another infringement procedure, the use of a new procedure to cut EU funds and a renewed application of the so-called Article 7 procedure.

The latter could even lead to the withdrawal of Polish voting rights in EU decisions.

The background to the threats from der Leyens is a ruling by the Polish Constitutional Court, according to which parts of EU law are incompatible with Poland's constitution.

The EU Commission regards this decision as highly problematic because it could give the Polish government an excuse to ignore the unpleasant judgments of the ECJ.

Weber: Indirect exit from the EU

The judgment calls into question the foundations of the European Union, criticized von der Leyen in parliament on Tuesday. »It is an immediate challenge to the unity of the European legal order. Only a common legal system enables equal rights, legal security, mutual trust between the member states and the resulting common policy. "

The CSU European politician Manfred Weber called on Poland to again adhere to the principles of the European Union. "It cannot be that money is taken, but the principles behind it, the ideas behind it, our house rules in the House of Europe, that they are no longer respected," said the group leader of the European People's Party (EPP) on ZDF "Morning Magazine". The fact that Poland is questioning these house rules and no longer respecting them is an »indirect exit« from the EU.

With the dispute over questions of the rule of law, the EU is ultimately damaging itself. "And one of the people who is most happy is Vladimir Putin," Weber said.

The Russian president wants to dismantle the rule of law, wants a weak European Union.

“And that's why we have to ask our Polish friends: Is that really your intention?

Or do we not want to stick together to tackle the tasks of our time together? ”Asked Weber.

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Source: spiegel

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