“Poland has returned to the group of countries respecting the rule of law,” says the justice minister.

“Poland has returned to the group of countries respecting the rule of law,” says the justice minister.
Krzysztof Mularczyk
In many areas – such as social, economic, defence and migration policy – it differs very little in style and substance.
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There are “fundamental legal obstacles preventing our participation in cases involving persons appointed…in a defective procedure”.
“As a result of the non-fulfilment of basic conditions, the commission cannot reimburse any expenditure submitted by Poland,” says a spokesman.
The Polish government has rejected the ruling, arguing that the European Court of Human Rights “has no competence to rule on whether a court is a court or not”.
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.
Mateusz Morawiecki warned that “Berlin’s inaction seriously calls into question the value of the alliance with Germany”, whose “policies have inflicted tremendous damage on Europe”.
Aleks Szczerbiak
Amid a dispute over the rule of law and EU funds, PiS has toughened its rhetoric.
The European judges want to “prevent a decision to unblock EU funds for Poland” until concerns over the rule of law are fully addressed.
“I get the impression that this is not about the rule of law,” said Małgorzata Manowska.
Igor Tuleya returned to court this morning after being suspended for almost two years, but discovered that he remained barred from work.
Kaczyński also warned that there is a “German-Russian plan to rule over Europe” and suggested that the opposition is working under “foreign orders” to “enslave Poland”.
The opposition warns that the chamber will simply be replaced by another that serves a similar purpose.