Brussels “does not like people with conservative views governing Poland”, says Andrzej Duda.

Brussels “does not like people with conservative views governing Poland”, says Andrzej Duda.
“We must take care of our relations with the US, but we must also have a sense of our own dignity and strength.”
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Opposition leader Donald Tusk is a “collaborator” in his “genes”, says the justice minister.
“As a result of the non-fulfilment of basic conditions, the commission cannot reimburse any expenditure submitted by Poland,” says a spokesman.
Nicholas Watson
The war in Ukraine highlights how net-zero strategies will have to continually contend with crises.
“If there is no such money, we will go to court…Our lawyers are working on this,” says a deputy minister.
“It is Germany’s intention for us to be subject to them. We do not want to be under anyone’s boot. We have to resist it.”
Poland’s prime minister has pledged that his government will “strongly oppose” penalising Hungary.
The EU is carrying out “primitive blackmail aimed at forcing a change of government” in Poland, says Piotr Gliński.
The “EU is trying to grant itself competences that it does not have”, warns Poland’s climate minister.
Aleks Szczerbiak
Amid a dispute over the rule of law and EU funds, PiS has toughened its rhetoric.
“Given the current tensions between Brussels and us, we should wait to see if it actually happens,” says the prime minister.
The EU is threatened not only by the external imperialism of Russia but also by “imperialism within” on the part of Germany.
“I wish I had the kind of understanding within the EU as a whole that I see on the Spanish side,” said Mateusz Morawiecki.