Karol Nawrocki argued that the SAFE programme would indebt Poles for decades and threaten national sovereignty.
European Union
Polish parliament sends bill on €44bn EU defence loans to president for approval
The opposition, with which President Nawrocki is aligned, has urged him to veto the bill.
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Polish left offers conditional support for conservative government to pass EU recovery plan
The fund is worth €58 billion to Poland.
PM requests ruling on supremacy of Polish constitution over EU law
The government accuses the ECJ of “exceeding its competences”.
Poland has sweeter Coca Cola, finds study on varying quality of products offered across EU
Eastern member states have complained about “dual quality” of branded products sold across the EU.
Whole EU declared “LGBTIQ Freedom Zone” in response to Polish anti-LGBT resolutions
“All member states have obligations to respect fundamental rights.”
Unprecedented Czech legal challenge to Polish coal mine could be “catastrophic” for Poland
Paweł Wiejski
It is the first such case at the ECJ.
“Who do I call if I want to reach Poland?” Warsaw’s divided diplomacy is undermining foreign policy
Paweł Wiejski
Mismanagement and politicisation have left foreign diplomats unsure who speaks for Warsaw.
Poland has administered third most Covid vaccines in EU so far
Only Germany and Italy have higher figures.
As Poland plots highway cutting through national park, another clash with EU looms
Paweł Wiejski
Environmental, political and business interests are at stake.
Rule of law mechanism would be “fatal for EU”, Polish PM tells German newspaper
“That is how the Soviet system looked: fictional independence when in actual fact there was dependence, exploitation and neo-colonialism.”
Five Polish government claims about the EU budget debunked
Szymon Ananicz and Piotr Buras
It has misled the public about the proposed rule-of-law mechanism.
Polish threats to block EU budget over rule of law are empty, say experts
Paweł Wiejski
The prime minister’s letter also points to divisions within the ruling coalition.
EU wants to make Poland a “colony” deprived of “cultural sovereignty”, warns Kaczyński
The idea of linking EU funds to the rule of law is really a way to “deprive us of our sovereignty”, says Poland’s de facto leader.
