At the Brussels summit on Thursday, the leaders of 26 EU countries will negotiate with Mateusz Morawiecki a formula that will de facto confirm the primacy of European law and will allow the Reconstruction Fund to be quickly unblocked for our country, Rzeczpospolita learns.
High-ranking Spanish government sources explain to our newspaper: “for both Spain and Germany, Poland is a fundamental element of the European project. We must find a compromise that will save the face of both sides, with the proviso that the primacy of European law must be preserved because it is the foundation of the European construction. There is nothing more important for the Union today than the resolution of the dispute with Poland. But we are convinced that the Polish government will try to compromise on this matter. ”
Last Thursday, Chancellor Angela Merkel received in Spain from King Philip VI of this year’s European Prize. Charles V. On this occasion, she had a long conversation with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. After its conclusion, the chancellor stated: “Poland’s EU partners should move away from the confrontation and instead talk to the government in Warsaw to find a solution to the difficulties in mutual relations.”
During her farewell visit to Warsaw on September 11, Angela Merkel announced that she would be involved in resolving the dispute between Poland and the EU. She also pointed out that the ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU cannot be the only way to reach an agreement. Political dialogue is necessary.
Cautious optimism about the quick approval of the KPO and the launch of the Reconstruction Funds for Poland also reigns on the Vistula. Government sources told Rzeczpospolita that it should happen before mid-November. Thanks to this, our country could receive this year a 13% advance payment of a fund worth EUR 37 billion, i.e. nearly EUR 5 billion.
This optimism is reinforced by the declaration of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in which she decided that blocking the Fund would not be a good way to solve the crisis resulting from the ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal of October 7.
Sources in Rome indicate to Rzeczpospolita that while Brussels will demand that the primacy of European law be respected “de facto”, it will not necessarily be “de jure”. A compromise could therefore consist in obliging the Polish authorities to respect the rulings of the CJEU, in particular regarding the liquidation of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, even though the ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal will theoretically remain in force.
This commitment could take the form of a declaration by the Polish government at the summit of EU leaders on Thursday and Friday. In the opinion of our interlocutors, due to its importance, the agreement will not be possible at the Tuesday meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Decisions at the summits are adopted by unanimity. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has already appealed for the freezing of funds for Poland. However, according to our interlocutors, “there is a lot of pressure in the capitals of the 27 to resolve this issue”.
This is why bad people in governments continue to do shit…
So basically how to get money sooner from the EU: be an ass….
Good, compromise is the way of the Union.
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I wish the EU was a real confederation or just a trade union instead of this contradictatory abomination it is today.
So if I understand it correctly, this so-called compromise is just pretending the problem isn’t really a problem and delaying it seemingly indefinitely. Someone has planted an armed bomb under our bed and we are going to ignore it on the condition that they promise they won’t use the detonator.
This seems extremely naive, yet unfortunately, such “compromises” are the expected thing within the current European political climate with few real leaders. A generation change in our politics can’t come soon enough.
The recovery found has to remain blocked unless there are significant improvements in Poland concerning the independence of the justice system and free press.
I will be downvoted to hell here but I can take it.
The Polish court may be illegitimate but is right nonetheless. When was EU law declared superior to members’ constitutions? As an an addition to the Lisbon treaty, as an interpretation by the EU Court itself?
I can assure you 99% of Italians can say when the Constitution was ratified, as probably can do every citizen of any EU country for their own country’s constitution. And a good percentage knows more or less when big changes happened (like the debt ceiling in the Italian constitution ratified during Monti’s government, or big nonconstitutional changes like divorce and abortion laws, etc…). I bet everything you want that people who can say with certainty when “supremacy of EU law” happened or if at all are less then 5%.
Most constitutional changes were the result of revolutions or referendums. Supremacy of EU law over constitutions got in very stealthily and now the EU is butthurt someone is challenging that. But if there is some resemblance of democracy left this should have happened much earlier.
I may agree that the Polish government strives for a dictatorship in its own country. But it is a much needed voice in the EU debate!
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At the Brussels summit on Thursday, the leaders of 26 EU countries will negotiate with Mateusz Morawiecki a formula that will de facto confirm the primacy of European law and will allow the Reconstruction Fund to be quickly unblocked for our country, Rzeczpospolita learns.
High-ranking Spanish government sources explain to our newspaper: “for both Spain and Germany, Poland is a fundamental element of the European project. We must find a compromise that will save the face of both sides, with the proviso that the primacy of European law must be preserved because it is the foundation of the European construction. There is nothing more important for the Union today than the resolution of the dispute with Poland. But we are convinced that the Polish government will try to compromise on this matter. ”
Last Thursday, Chancellor Angela Merkel received in Spain from King Philip VI of this year’s European Prize. Charles V. On this occasion, she had a long conversation with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. After its conclusion, the chancellor stated: “Poland’s EU partners should move away from the confrontation and instead talk to the government in Warsaw to find a solution to the difficulties in mutual relations.”
During her farewell visit to Warsaw on September 11, Angela Merkel announced that she would be involved in resolving the dispute between Poland and the EU. She also pointed out that the ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU cannot be the only way to reach an agreement. Political dialogue is necessary.
Cautious optimism about the quick approval of the KPO and the launch of the Reconstruction Funds for Poland also reigns on the Vistula. Government sources told Rzeczpospolita that it should happen before mid-November. Thanks to this, our country could receive this year a 13% advance payment of a fund worth EUR 37 billion, i.e. nearly EUR 5 billion.
This optimism is reinforced by the declaration of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in which she decided that blocking the Fund would not be a good way to solve the crisis resulting from the ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal of October 7.
Sources in Rome indicate to Rzeczpospolita that while Brussels will demand that the primacy of European law be respected “de facto”, it will not necessarily be “de jure”. A compromise could therefore consist in obliging the Polish authorities to respect the rulings of the CJEU, in particular regarding the liquidation of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, even though the ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal will theoretically remain in force.
This commitment could take the form of a declaration by the Polish government at the summit of EU leaders on Thursday and Friday. In the opinion of our interlocutors, due to its importance, the agreement will not be possible at the Tuesday meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Decisions at the summits are adopted by unanimity. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has already appealed for the freezing of funds for Poland. However, according to our interlocutors, “there is a lot of pressure in the capitals of the 27 to resolve this issue”.
This is why bad people in governments continue to do shit…
So basically how to get money sooner from the EU: be an ass….
Good, compromise is the way of the Union.
[removed]
I wish the EU was a real confederation or just a trade union instead of this contradictatory abomination it is today.
So if I understand it correctly, this so-called compromise is just pretending the problem isn’t really a problem and delaying it seemingly indefinitely. Someone has planted an armed bomb under our bed and we are going to ignore it on the condition that they promise they won’t use the detonator.
This seems extremely naive, yet unfortunately, such “compromises” are the expected thing within the current European political climate with few real leaders. A generation change in our politics can’t come soon enough.
The recovery found has to remain blocked unless there are significant improvements in Poland concerning the independence of the justice system and free press.
I will be downvoted to hell here but I can take it.
The Polish court may be illegitimate but is right nonetheless. When was EU law declared superior to members’ constitutions? As an an addition to the Lisbon treaty, as an interpretation by the EU Court itself?
I can assure you 99% of Italians can say when the Constitution was ratified, as probably can do every citizen of any EU country for their own country’s constitution. And a good percentage knows more or less when big changes happened (like the debt ceiling in the Italian constitution ratified during Monti’s government, or big nonconstitutional changes like divorce and abortion laws, etc…). I bet everything you want that people who can say with certainty when “supremacy of EU law” happened or if at all are less then 5%.
Most constitutional changes were the result of revolutions or referendums. Supremacy of EU law over constitutions got in very stealthily and now the EU is butthurt someone is challenging that. But if there is some resemblance of democracy left this should have happened much earlier.
I may agree that the Polish government strives for a dictatorship in its own country. But it is a much needed voice in the EU debate!