Macron has survived a no-confidence vote, but his pension reform may mark the beginning of the end
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The desire to change the government in Poland means Brussels is ready to bring Poland to the brink of ruin, writes senior conservative political commentator and former Polish politician Jan Rokita
The Greek socialist MEP previously criticized the Polish government for “breaking rule of law principles”
Judit Varga also vowed to defend the veto rights of smaller member states
According to Deputy PM Piotr Gliński, Poland is considering the option of borrowing on the open market in order to finance projects it was intending to fund through its EU Recovery Funds
Zbigniew Kuźmiuk says the decision by the Commission to launch the second stage of proceedings against Poland for rule of law violations is “an attempt to destabilize relations”
The European Commission really just wants Poland to give up its sovereignty, writes Marzena Nykiel on portal wPolityce.pl
According to Rafał Trzaskowski, the amendment to the law made by the Polish parliament did not meet the requirements set by the European Commission and did not fully restore the rule of law in Poland
Polish MEP and Deputy Justice Minister Patryk Jaki spoke with Remix News at CPAC in Hungary about the current challenges facing Poland over rule of law and the importance of maintaining ties with Hungary
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Hungary will not change its key policies no matter what pressure it faces from Brussels, the country’s justice minister wrote
“Countries with a national conservative government can never be good students,” Varga said, accusing the European Commission of bias in its implementation of the rule of law mechanism
Hungary says the EU’s sanctions move is punishment for the conservative election victory, with Brussels likely to cut millions in funding to the country
The European Court of Justice’s own narrow definition of the rule-of-law ordinance may prove to be a valuable asset in Poland and Hungary’s case against the European Commission, writes Michał Karnowski for wPolityce.pl
All signs point to a politically motivated rush job by the European Court of Justice, Magyar Hírlap columnist Mariann Őry writes
President of Poland Andrzej Duda stressed the need for NATO to strengthen its eastern flank following his meeting in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
The European Commission is acting above the law by refusing to release an opinion on the Polish National Recovery Plan, says Republican Party leader and MEP Adam Bielan
Czechia and Slovakia should raise their own topics in the V4 meetings, even though there might be differences, says Minister Bek
Brussels will use Covid-19 recovery funds to exert political pressure in the upcoming Hungarian elections
Germany’s conformist left-liberal media landscape is generally supportive of any punitive action taken against Hungary and Poland, but a number of Der Freitag’s articles have harshly criticized the EU’s approach to both countries
The European Commission refuses to pay out EU funds for the Polish National Recovery Plan due to a conflict over Poland’s judicial reform
Remix News conducted an exclusive interview with Polish conservative MEP Patryk Jaki. Patryk Jaki is a member of Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro’s United Poland (Solidarna Polska) party, and he was vice-minister of justice from 2015 to 2019. In 2018, he was the candidate for mayor of Warsaw of the United Right coalition led by Law and Justice (PiS).
The measures imposed by the European Court of Justice are ‘unjustified and aggressive’
The European Parliament’s move may in fact be superfluous, as steps are already being taken to launch rule-of-law proceedings against Hungary and Poland
Before withdrawing funding, the EU should deepen its dialogue with Poland and Hungary, according to Merkel
Remix News conducted an exclusive interview with Spanish conservative MEP Hermann Tertsch. Hermann Tertsch is a journalist, member of the editorial board of La Gaceta de la Iberosfera, and a Vox MEP since 2019. In the 1980s, he worked as the Spanish press agency’s correspondent in Vienne, covering Central and Eastern Europe, and was later El País’ correspondent in Bonn and Warsaw. Starting from the 1990s and until the year 2019, Hermann Tertsch worked with a number of major Spanish media outlets. In the European Parliament, he is a member of the ECR Group and vice-chair of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT).
Potential partners for the coming left-wing German government are flexing their political muscle
Despite threats that the EU could cut funding to Poland, Poland’s prime minister is not backing down on a major battle to determine whether Poland has a sovereign legal system or whether it is subordinate to the EU’s
The chapter on Hungary of the European Commission’s rule of law report displays the same double standards Brussels has subjected the country to in recent years, Justice Minister Judit Varga told daily Magyar Nemzet
