**European Parliament ‘will sue’ Ursula von der Leyen if she won’t punish Poland**
*MEPs could launch legal action if the European Commission refuses to withhold tens of billions of euros from Poland*
MEPs have threatened to sue Ursula von der Leyen unless she follows through on threats to withhold tens of billions of euros in EU funding from Poland in a battle over the rule of law.
In an escalation of the dispute between Brussels and Warsaw, political leaders from the European Parliament said they would launch legal action if the European Commission President refused to use the bloc’s “conditionality mechanism” to block funding to Poland.
Warsaw has infuriated the EU by refusing to override a decision by its constitutional court, which last month ruled that it has supremacy over the bloc’s laws.
The move by MEPs is an attempt to force von der Leyen’s hand amid mounting fears the row could lead to the EU’s collapse.
*Road to possible legal action*
On Thursday, EU leaders will challenge the Commission’s president to make good on her promises to withhold money or strip the country of its voting rights at a summit in Brussels.
Ahead of the gathering, David Sassoli, the European Parliament’s president, announced the plans to sue Mrs von der Leyen.
“EU Member States that violate the rule of law should not receive EU funds. Last year, Parliament fought hard for a mechanism to ensure this. However, so far the European Commission has been reluctant to use it,” Mr Sassoli said.
“The European Union is a community built on the principles of democracy and the rule of law. If these are under threat in a Member State, the EU must act to protect them.
“I have therefore asked our legal services to prepare a lawsuit against the Commission to ensure that EU rules are properly enforced.”
*‘We need to act now’*
The move was agreed by political leaders from the Parliament, including an ally of France’s Emmanuel Macron.
Stephane Sejourne, a French MEP who recently became the most senior liberal in the Parliament, said the legal action should be carried out “as soon as possible”.
He condemned the Commission for its “failure to apply the rule of law conditionality mechanism against Poland”.
“We need to act now for the freedoms and rights of Polish citizens,” he added.
*EU could collapse ‘brick by brick’*
Esther de Lange, a Dutch MEP and senior member of the European People’s Party, of which Mrs von der Leyen is a member, warned that the EU risked collapsing “brick by brick” unless Poland is brought back into line.
Poland stands to lose out on €57 billion (£48 billion) from the EU’s pandemic recovery fund.
European Council President Charles Michel agreed to address the rule-of-law dispute at the gathering after initially attempting to keep it off the agenda, under orders from France and Germany.
A senior EU diplomat said: “We cannot not address it because it is a very serious issue.”
The source, however, played down fears that Poland could become a “dirty remainer” by blocking EU legislation. They said: “We’re talking about 27 dirty remainers because every member state at some point has had issues.”
And the Cracks begin to show.
On what legal basis are there grounds to sue VDL?
The EU Parliament has been preparing for this since June
>June 10th, 2021
>
>MEPs instruct EP President Sassoli to call on the Commission, within two weeks at the latest, to “fulfil its obligations” under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation.
>
>In a resolution adopted on Thursday with 506 votes in favour, 150 against and 28 abstentions, MEPs note that the new conditionality instrument to protect the EU budget has been in force since 1 January 2021 and also applies to the Recovery funds. Despite this, the Commission has not proposed any measures under the new rules and has not respected the deadline of 1 June given by Parliament in its 25 March resolution to finalise the guidelines on the application of the Regulation. This “constitutes a sufficient basis for taking legal actions under Article 265 of the TFEU against the Commission”, they say.
What a wonderful system. The parliament suing the commission would be a marvelous show of democratic procedures. /s
EU is a joke, this shit circus is impossible to take seriously.
God bless NATO.
“Punishing Poland’ really means helping PiS rise in the polls, allowing China to invest more in Poland, making the EU seem undemocratic in the eyes of western Europe, and destroying whatever unity was created in the aftermath of Brexit.
How is she this bad as wasn’t it her who fudged up the German Military procurement plans I mean bluntly the CH-53G Sea Stallions should’ve been replaced by now as the US has retired their old Sea Stallions and Israel will be starting to as bluntly the 40 CH-53GA Sea Stallion and
20 CH-53GE Sea Stallion Heavy-Lift Helicopter and 6
CH-53GS Sea Stallion CSARs are old
What the fuck is the EU
Realistically, what can the EU do to an uncooperative member? Suspend their rights in the Council? Algo mas?
If Poland doesn’t enjoy being in EU then they are free to go.
But remember, there are rules that have to be followed and Poland refused to do so, and because of that I don’t understand people’s surprised looks of incoming punishment.
You sign a contract. You abide the contract or you can GTFO.
Poland is that guy who wants to keep the salary, but not the job and deliberately violates work ethics and pisses on food for customers.
Now this… THIS is extremely based.
EU Parliament bringing in the heat.
How does suing the Commission work? Will they be fined or something?
What an absolute shitshow. I feel like Poland has a point, but so does the EU…
The way I see it (as if anybody cares) is this:
1. The Polish reorganization of its courts is unconstitutional, a clear power grab by the ruling party, and looks pretty damn close to a soft coup
2. That said, Poland is right that their constitution overrides the EU’s resolutions. It’s a sovereign state after all
3. *But* if Poland wants to break with the EU’s resolutions, then it should also be ready to face the associated consequences
4. And anyway, the whole power grab by PiS is wrong from the get go, so I’m happy to see it face any consequences possible
(By the way, this is coming from a guy who agrees with a lot of PiS’s policies. I’m just being self-consistent with my own values)
So, let me get this straight: This Sassoli guy in the EP wants to sue Ursula unless she punishes Poland, because Poland says their constitution overrides certain EU laws.
Do we have a legal decision on this issue or Mr Sassoli just wants to punish the Poles because he feels like it?
Did he had a similar tantrum when Germany said their constitution also overrides certain EU laws?
Also, regardless of who is right in this issue, can this recovery fund legally used as a political weapon against member states?
“To force a German to punish Poland”
You cant make these things up.
LMAO. can you find a better source than an anti EU british tabloid?
The Great British Fascistgraph and the Great British Daily Hate. What a surprise that they use made up inflammatory rhetoric borrowed directly from their former protégé Herr Goebbels. Obviously the words “taking action” don’t have the same effect on semiferal protofascists
After getting downvoted into submission in other threads I hope now it is quite clear that the rest of the EU has had enough of Poland. I remember the time Poland was looked at with awe and respect by other European countries. The European tiger that showed everything was possible post 2008. Now it is a hated, superfluous, arrogant and profiteering country. Very very very sad. It didn’t have to be like this.
When joining the EU you give up part of your sovereignty. They took that decision when joining, if you don’t agree you are “free” to leave. Now Poland is unilaterally changing the conditions which they agreed to when joining. The supranational laws are at the basis of the legal framework which allows the EU to operate. Without this the EU is a joke, I’m not sure what Poland is expecting but if the EU accepts this the EU can no longer operate because of the precedent that has been set.
Good. Poland & Hungary are never going to fit the progressive, justice-first view of most of the EU. They aren’t being ‘forced’ to do shit, they opted to join the EU and if they don’t want to play by the rules of the organisation they willingly joined then go cozy up to the Russian’s and leave. I hope they sue if Von Der Leyen and Co take a weak line on all of it.
Why is the European union punishing it’s own members
The right wing government has to decide what it’s going to do, can’t have it both ways. I hope the population realise how detrimental the government’s route is and does what they can to change their path for the better. The polish people know better than many of the benefits of EU citizenship.
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**European Parliament ‘will sue’ Ursula von der Leyen if she won’t punish Poland**
*MEPs could launch legal action if the European Commission refuses to withhold tens of billions of euros from Poland*
MEPs have threatened to sue Ursula von der Leyen unless she follows through on threats to withhold tens of billions of euros in EU funding from Poland in a battle over the rule of law.
In an escalation of the dispute between Brussels and Warsaw, political leaders from the European Parliament said they would launch legal action if the European Commission President refused to use the bloc’s “conditionality mechanism” to block funding to Poland.
Warsaw has infuriated the EU by refusing to override a decision by its constitutional court, which last month ruled that it has supremacy over the bloc’s laws.
The move by MEPs is an attempt to force von der Leyen’s hand amid mounting fears the row could lead to the EU’s collapse.
*Road to possible legal action*
On Thursday, EU leaders will challenge the Commission’s president to make good on her promises to withhold money or strip the country of its voting rights at a summit in Brussels.
Ahead of the gathering, David Sassoli, the European Parliament’s president, announced the plans to sue Mrs von der Leyen.
“EU Member States that violate the rule of law should not receive EU funds. Last year, Parliament fought hard for a mechanism to ensure this. However, so far the European Commission has been reluctant to use it,” Mr Sassoli said.
“The European Union is a community built on the principles of democracy and the rule of law. If these are under threat in a Member State, the EU must act to protect them.
“I have therefore asked our legal services to prepare a lawsuit against the Commission to ensure that EU rules are properly enforced.”
*‘We need to act now’*
The move was agreed by political leaders from the Parliament, including an ally of France’s Emmanuel Macron.
Stephane Sejourne, a French MEP who recently became the most senior liberal in the Parliament, said the legal action should be carried out “as soon as possible”.
He condemned the Commission for its “failure to apply the rule of law conditionality mechanism against Poland”.
“We need to act now for the freedoms and rights of Polish citizens,” he added.
*EU could collapse ‘brick by brick’*
Esther de Lange, a Dutch MEP and senior member of the European People’s Party, of which Mrs von der Leyen is a member, warned that the EU risked collapsing “brick by brick” unless Poland is brought back into line.
Poland stands to lose out on €57 billion (£48 billion) from the EU’s pandemic recovery fund.
European Council President Charles Michel agreed to address the rule-of-law dispute at the gathering after initially attempting to keep it off the agenda, under orders from France and Germany.
A senior EU diplomat said: “We cannot not address it because it is a very serious issue.”
The source, however, played down fears that Poland could become a “dirty remainer” by blocking EU legislation. They said: “We’re talking about 27 dirty remainers because every member state at some point has had issues.”
And the Cracks begin to show.
On what legal basis are there grounds to sue VDL?
The EU Parliament has been preparing for this since June
[Rule of Law: Parliament prepares to sue Commission for failure to act](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210604IPR05528/rule-of-law-parliament-prepares-to-sue-commission-for-failure-to-act)
​
>June 10th, 2021
>
>MEPs instruct EP President Sassoli to call on the Commission, within two weeks at the latest, to “fulfil its obligations” under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation.
>
>In a resolution adopted on Thursday with 506 votes in favour, 150 against and 28 abstentions, MEPs note that the new conditionality instrument to protect the EU budget has been in force since 1 January 2021 and also applies to the Recovery funds. Despite this, the Commission has not proposed any measures under the new rules and has not respected the deadline of 1 June given by Parliament in its 25 March resolution to finalise the guidelines on the application of the Regulation. This “constitutes a sufficient basis for taking legal actions under Article 265 of the TFEU against the Commission”, they say.
What a wonderful system. The parliament suing the commission would be a marvelous show of democratic procedures. /s
EU is a joke, this shit circus is impossible to take seriously.
God bless NATO.
“Punishing Poland’ really means helping PiS rise in the polls, allowing China to invest more in Poland, making the EU seem undemocratic in the eyes of western Europe, and destroying whatever unity was created in the aftermath of Brexit.
How is she this bad as wasn’t it her who fudged up the German Military procurement plans I mean bluntly the CH-53G Sea Stallions should’ve been replaced by now as the US has retired their old Sea Stallions and Israel will be starting to as bluntly the 40 CH-53GA Sea Stallion and
20 CH-53GE Sea Stallion Heavy-Lift Helicopter and 6
CH-53GS Sea Stallion CSARs are old
What the fuck is the EU
Realistically, what can the EU do to an uncooperative member? Suspend their rights in the Council? Algo mas?
If Poland doesn’t enjoy being in EU then they are free to go.
But remember, there are rules that have to be followed and Poland refused to do so, and because of that I don’t understand people’s surprised looks of incoming punishment.
You sign a contract. You abide the contract or you can GTFO.
Poland is that guy who wants to keep the salary, but not the job and deliberately violates work ethics and pisses on food for customers.
Now this… THIS is extremely based.
EU Parliament bringing in the heat.
How does suing the Commission work? Will they be fined or something?
What an absolute shitshow. I feel like Poland has a point, but so does the EU…
The way I see it (as if anybody cares) is this:
1. The Polish reorganization of its courts is unconstitutional, a clear power grab by the ruling party, and looks pretty damn close to a soft coup
2. That said, Poland is right that their constitution overrides the EU’s resolutions. It’s a sovereign state after all
3. *But* if Poland wants to break with the EU’s resolutions, then it should also be ready to face the associated consequences
4. And anyway, the whole power grab by PiS is wrong from the get go, so I’m happy to see it face any consequences possible
(By the way, this is coming from a guy who agrees with a lot of PiS’s policies. I’m just being self-consistent with my own values)
So, let me get this straight: This Sassoli guy in the EP wants to sue Ursula unless she punishes Poland, because Poland says their constitution overrides certain EU laws.
Do we have a legal decision on this issue or Mr Sassoli just wants to punish the Poles because he feels like it?
Did he had a similar tantrum when Germany said their constitution also overrides certain EU laws?
Also, regardless of who is right in this issue, can this recovery fund legally used as a political weapon against member states?
“To force a German to punish Poland”
You cant make these things up.
LMAO. can you find a better source than an anti EU british tabloid?
The Great British Fascistgraph and the Great British Daily Hate. What a surprise that they use made up inflammatory rhetoric borrowed directly from their former protégé Herr Goebbels. Obviously the words “taking action” don’t have the same effect on semiferal protofascists
After getting downvoted into submission in other threads I hope now it is quite clear that the rest of the EU has had enough of Poland. I remember the time Poland was looked at with awe and respect by other European countries. The European tiger that showed everything was possible post 2008. Now it is a hated, superfluous, arrogant and profiteering country. Very very very sad. It didn’t have to be like this.
When joining the EU you give up part of your sovereignty. They took that decision when joining, if you don’t agree you are “free” to leave. Now Poland is unilaterally changing the conditions which they agreed to when joining. The supranational laws are at the basis of the legal framework which allows the EU to operate. Without this the EU is a joke, I’m not sure what Poland is expecting but if the EU accepts this the EU can no longer operate because of the precedent that has been set.
Good. Poland & Hungary are never going to fit the progressive, justice-first view of most of the EU. They aren’t being ‘forced’ to do shit, they opted to join the EU and if they don’t want to play by the rules of the organisation they willingly joined then go cozy up to the Russian’s and leave. I hope they sue if Von Der Leyen and Co take a weak line on all of it.
Why is the European union punishing it’s own members
The right wing government has to decide what it’s going to do, can’t have it both ways. I hope the population realise how detrimental the government’s route is and does what they can to change their path for the better. The polish people know better than many of the benefits of EU citizenship.