Poland’s ongoing dispute with Czechia over the Turów coal mine is not the only environmental conflict between the two countries. In fact, Czech-owned mines operating the Polish border have been polluting Polish towns for decades, according to Polish mayors.
According to Poland’s deputy foreign minister, Poland has done absolutely everything in its power to reach a good agreement with Czechia in the dispute over lignite mine that shaken relations between the two Visegrád Four allied countries
It is not impossible that in the conflict over the Turów coal mine, Czechia is executing the will of Germany or that the conflict is part of an internal Czech political game, says PiS MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski
More than 46 percent of Poles are of the opinion that the government should not bend to EU pressure and not shut down the Turów mine, according to a survey by United Surveys
According to unofficial reports, PiS politicians are upset that Czechia’s complaint to the European Court of Justice over the Turów lignite mine has resulted in the court’s decision to fine Poland €500,000 per day
The Polish government says it is willing to pay a massive daily fine to keep its Turów coal mine running
