STRASBOURG - "We are concerned about the recent ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court. The European Commission is carefully evaluating this ruling but I can already tell you today that I am
deeply concerned because it calls into question the basis of the EU
and constitutes a
direct challenge to the unity of the European legal systems "
. This was stated by the President of the European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen
speaking in the debate in the European Parliament on the crisis of the rule of law in Poland. "The fate of Poland is Europe", added von der Leyen, warning that the EU will not allow its values to be put at risk. "The European Commission will act.
The options are well known: infringement procedures, the cross compliance mechanism
and other financial instruments. And
Article 7
, a powerful tool to which we must return. "" This situation must be resolved and it will be, "he added.
"For us
,
European integration
is a
choice of civilization
, we are here,
this is our place and we are not going anywhere
, we want Europe to become strong, ambitious and courageous again". The Polish Prime Minister
Mateusz Morawiecki replied,
specifying that Poland is "for a Europe of defense within NATO". According to the Polish premier, "too often we have to deal with a Europe of double standards. We must not fight against each other - he said -. We must not look for culprits where there are none.
Poland is attacked in a partial and unjustified way.
The rules of the game must be the same for everyone, it is not permissible to talk about sanctions. I reject the language of threats and blackmail ".
"The EU is a great achievement of European countries - continued Morawiecki - and it is a strong economic, political and social alliance and is the strongest and best-developed organization in history, but
the EU is not a state, the member states are instead. of the EU
. The states are those that remain sovereign above the Treaties ". "In the treaties we have granted some competences to the EU but not all competences", he added, because "the competences of the EU have limits, we can no longer be silent, let's say no to European centralism".
"The European Union is a union based on rights and its Community law is its foundation. Without the primacy of the application of Community law, it would vary from state to state, thus destroying the level playing field of the internal market". Thus
Logar Anze, Slovenian foreign minister,
speaking at the Eurochamber. "Community law forms the basis for our coexistence in a common European home. We are in favor of a constructive dialogue and thus hope to reach a position of convergence", concluded Anze.
According to the president of the EPP group Manfred Weber "Polaexit is not his goal, but those who reject the primacy of the EU and those who reject the independence of judges in fact withdraw from the EU and by refusing all this you are approaching Polaexit".
"She Morawiecki - Weber told the Polish Prime Minister - must choose, there are no positive and negative Europeans - added Weber - she breaks the EU weakens it. With this approach we are not going anywhere indeed
she is playing Putin's game
then please stop it. "
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