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Interview with Grégor Puppinck, Director of the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ): “If Poland chooses a liberal government, the country will undergo an Irish-style cultural revolution. This would mean a cultural reversal and a big shift towards an excessively liberal…

News

Environmentalists complain to Brussels about the Czech–Polish agreement on the Turów mine

The Editorial Board October 28, 2022

Poland / Czechia / Germany - German and Czech environmental organizations – Greenpeace, Bund Sachsen, and Sousedský spolek Uhelná (a local environmental group) – have sent a complaint to the European Commission this week against the agreement reached at the beginning of…

News

Jarosław Kaczyński denounces the European Commission’s anti-Polish obsession

The Editorial Board April 19, 2022

Poland/EU – Since the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine on 24 February, Poland has been on the front line of taking care of Ukrainian refugees. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees figures as of 11 April, by…

News

European Parliament sanctions Hungary and Poland in midst of humanitarian crisis

The Editorial Board March 14, 2022

Hungary/Poland – By Thursday, 10 March, the war in Ukraine had been going on for a fortnight. Hungary and Poland found themselves on the front lines of a massive influx of Ukrainian refugees, and had already taken in more than 1.5 million…

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New ECJ ruling against Romania’s Constitutional Court

The Editorial Board February 23, 2022

Romania/European Union – Following Hungary and Poland, it is now Romania’s turn to find itself in the crosshairs of the EU authorities. As part of a jurisdictional dispute that has been festering since last spring, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered…

Politics

Split in Polish government after ECJ ruling on “rule of law” mechanism

Olivier Bault February 22, 2022

Poland – In 2020, Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and his Solidarna Polska (United Poland) party, which is an essential part of the PiS-led United Right coalition’s fragile majority in the Sejm, threatened to walk out of the government if Prime Minister…

Politics

Conflict of jurisdiction between Brussels and the EU’s East getting nasty (Part 3)

Olivier Bault January 12, 2022

Hungarian Constitutional Court says national authorities must make up for EU inaction on immigration — Part 1: Warsaw demands EU treaties be complied with and refuses to pay fines imposed by the ECJ Part 2: EU case law vs national constitution: rulings…

Politics

Conflict of jurisdiction between Brussels and the EU’s East getting nasty (Part 1)

Olivier Bault January 5, 2022

Warsaw demands EU treaties be complied with and refuses to pay fines imposed by the ECJ A series of three articles by Olivier Bault dealing with the current conflicts between the European Commission, the ECJ and the member states opposing judicial activism…

Politics

Conflict of jurisdiction between Brussels and the EU’s East getting nasty (Part 2)

Olivier Bault December 31, 2021

EU case law vs national constitution – Rulings and counter-rulings by ECJ and Romanian Constitutional Court -- Read Part 1: Warsaw demands EU treaties be complied with and refuses to pay fines imposed by the ECJ -- As major beneficiaries of EU…

News

ECJ’s Advocate General: Hungary and Poland’s actions against regime of conditionality should be dismissed

The Editorial Board December 6, 2021

Hungary/Poland/EU – The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Manuel Sánchez-Bordona, made public on 2 December his opinion on the actions brought by Hungary and Poland https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2021-12/cp210217en.pdf against the regime of conditionality linked to the rule of law.…

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ECJ rejects “Stop Soros” law

The Editorial Board November 19, 2021

Hungary/European Union – On 16 November , the European Court of Justice ruled that the so-called “Stop Soros” law – adopted in 2018 by Hungarian lawmakers and aimed at countering the influence and activities of NGOs favouring uncontrolled mass…

Interviews

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski: “Poland must withdraw from Next Generation EU and block climate package as response to Commission’s blackmail”

Olivier Bault November 6, 2021

Interview with Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski was once a leading figure in the Civic Platform (PO) and one of the main negotiators of Poland’s accession to the European Union. Disgusted by the way his liberal colleagues sought to push through…