A senior PiS politician announced a resolution seeking to halt Ukraine’s EU accession over historical disputes, stirring tensions across Polish politics and diplomatic circles.

A candidate for prime minister from the main opposition party in Poland, Law and Justice, Przemysław Czarnek, announced a resolution that would urge the government not to admit Ukraine to the EU until the historic disputes surrounding the Volhynia massacre are resolved. He shared this information on his social media on the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Volhynia massacre, according to European Truth.

We are submitting to the Sejm a draft resolution against Ukraine’s membership in the EU due to the glorification of those responsible for the Volhynia massacre. We call on the government to oppose further progress in Ukraine’s integration into the EU. The EU cannot have among its members a country that openly appeals to the worst possible legacy

– Przemysław Czarnek

According to European Truth, this is not the first such gesture by PiS top politicians in recent times.

At the beginning of July, the party leader Jarosław Kaczyński, in a letter to party members, urged them to block Ukraine’s accession to the EU until Kyiv changes its policy regarding “the cult of Bandera and other criminals, the glorification of the UPA and OUN”.

Prior to that, he also spoke in favor of Poland starting to block new steps in Ukraine’s process of joining the EU in the context of the scandal over the naming of a Ukrainian unit in honor of the UPA heroes.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in a statement on the National Day of Remembrance for the Volhynia tragedy victims, stressed the need to maintain solidarity that “is based on truth, memory, and hope,” and noted that memory cannot be a tool of hatred.

Poland’s Minister of Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, in his speech in Volyn spoke about the importance of reconciliation and the impermissibility of the “spiral of hatred”.

All these statements demonstrate the deep political polarization around the Volhynia massacre and its impact on discussions about the future of Ukraine–EU relations, further underscoring the topic’s sensitivity in the Polish public space.