Poland maintains the pulse of the EU, while the European Chamber considers freezing the anti-crisis funds

The Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has insisted on carrying out the reforms proposed by his government and has accused the EU of “financial blackmail”.

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The Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, has maintained this Tuesday the pulse to the European Union and accused of “blackmail” those who criticize the Constitutional Court ruling that questions the primacy of community law, during a debate in the European Parliament where most groups have condemned its authoritarian drift and demanded a forceful response from Brussels.

“Blackmail is becoming a common practice in some member states and that is not the basis of democracy”, has assured Morawiecki in a speech that he has delivered for just over half an hour, despite the fact that according to the times he was assigned five minutes, the same as those provided for the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “Do not interrupt me,” he has snapped to the vice president of the European Parliament who moderated the debate and who has asked him to conclude when the thirty minutes passed.

Both in his first intervention and in the final reply, the Polish president has defended the judgment of the Constitutional of his country and rejected the accusations of interference, while considering “financial blackmail” that the freezing of European funds is shuffled as a reaction to the reforms of his Government that, in the opinion of the EU, put the rule of law in the EU at risk.

Morawiecki has also criticized what he considers a Europe “at two speeds” and that some partners want to “point out” others, also that sentences handed down in other member states are not questioned and pointed out the collusion of Germany with Russia for the Nord gas pipeline project. Stream 2.

“Do not escape. We are talking about the primacy of community law, do not run away from the debate,” he snapped. Von der Leyen in a severe reply with which he has warned that the disbursement of EU anti-crisis funds for Poland depends on “restoring judicial independence.”

Von der Leyen has argued that the legitimacy of the Polish Constitutional is “in question” and has warned that Brussels has never lost an open case in defense of the rule of law so far. For this reason, the head of the Community Executive has affirmed that she will take all the necessary measures to protect the rights of Polish citizens against threats even if it “takes time” to assess the situation and build a “robust” case.

“Democracy and the rule of law are slower than autocracy because they listen to all parties before finding a solution, but that also differentiates us from the dictators of this world who think that legitimacy is obtained through force”, Von der Leyen has concluded.