Poland/Czech Republic – The Czech-Polish negotiations over the Turów open-pit mine do not seem to be leading to an amicable solution as quickly as Poland would like. After announcing – somewhat hastily – on 25 May that he had reached an agreement…
Poland/European Union – After the reactions to the Polish prime minister’s speech in the European Parliament on Tuesday, 19 October, one would be tempted to paraphrase Winston Churchill when alluding to the double retreat made last year by PM Mateusz Morawiecki: at…
Poland – The 7 October ruling by the Polish Constitutional Court has caused a stir, especially among those who would like to pursue European integration bypassing the democratically ratified treaties, and disinformation was rife in the European media in the aftermath of…
Poland/Czechia – The dispute between Czechia and Poland over the Turów mine has escalated with the decision by the Spanish ECJ Vice-President to impose a fine of €500,000 per day on Poland. Below is an op-ed written by the head of the…
Poland/Czechia – Rather than fostering an agreement between Poland and the Czech Republic, the decision by the ECJ’s Spanish vice-president to impose a daily penalty payment of €500,000 on Warsaw until it closes its lignite mine in Turów, near the Czech border,…
Poland – While Poles were commemorating the anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against German occupation, some chose to show their support for Poland’s independence now, which they believe is threatened by the ambitions of EU institutions.
“On Poland’s side!”
On the initiative of the…
Poland – In an interview given to the PAP press agency, and cited by the Polish press on 30 July, Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (PiS) spoke out the predisposition of EU authorities to affirm the supremacy of EU law over national legislations…
Poland – The European Commission has given Poland until 16 August to suspend its Supreme Court’s new Disciplinary Chamber, failing which it will again refer the matter to the ECJ to apply a daily fine. The financial penalty will increase with each…
Poland – The major significance of the rulings delivered between 13 and 15 July by the European Court of Justice and the Polish Constitutional Court is not lost on anyone in Poland. Outside of Poland, few media outlets seem to understand what…
Poland – Can the EU extend the scope of its competences, without member states having a say, through the decisions of the European Court of Justice? That was the question the Polish Constitutional Court had to answer when it considered, on Wednesday…
The European Court of Justice assumes the role of supreme judge in areas where the signatory states of the European treaties have not ceded their sovereignty.
Romania/European Union – The propensity of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to extend its prerogatives and…
Poland – On Wednesday, June 9, at the same time as it initiated proceedings against Germany to assert the primacy of European law, the European Commission sent a letter to the Polish government asking it to withdraw its referral to its Constitutional…