Friday, October 8, 2021

Poliand's Highest Court Rules That EU Laws Contravene The Country's Constitution

 

Daily Mail: Poland 'on the path to Polexit': Supreme Court rules that EU treaties are incompatible with the constitution 

* European Commission blasted ruling for leading Poland towards leaving the bloc 

* The Commission vowed to 'make use of its powers' to protect primacy of EU law 

* Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has welcomed the court's decision 

Poland could be on a path to exiting the European Union after the country's supreme court ruled yesterday that EU treaties were incompatible with the Polish constitution. 

It casts the Eastern European nation's future in the EU into doubt, six years after the UK voted to leave the bloc in 2016 and kickstarted a continent-wide debate about the role of the 27-nation bloc. 

Warsaw has long been at odds with Brussels over democratic standards and the independence of its judiciary.  

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More News On The Growing Split Between Poland And The EU  

Poland's top court ruling marks major challenge to EU laws -- BBC  

Poland does not accept being treated as ‘second class’, PM says after Warsaw rules its laws take superiority over Brussels’ -- RT  

EU calls out Poland after controversial court ruling -- DW  

Brussels vows swift response to Poland’s ruling against EU law -- The Guardian  

Poland ignites EU anger with ruling that its laws supersede bloc's treaties -- CNN 

Poland’s defiance of EU law raises concern over a possible exit -- CNBC  

What powers does EU have to bring Poland into line over legal dispute? -- Euronews

2 comments:

Dave Goldstein said...

About time

Anonymous said...

EU are full of themselves. Will it comes down to only Germany, Belgium and France is left in the EU before they become aware that they have to fly right?

If the EU keeps it up, they might push Poland into the Russian camp.