The government disagrees with the country’s justice minister over his assessment of the financial impact of the EU recovery funds due to Poland under its national recovery plan (KPO), the government’s spokesman has said.
Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, will respond to a letter from the justice minister raising doubts over new legislation amending the law on the Supreme Court, if he considers them sensible, the president’s foreign policy advisor said on Monday.
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Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has praised the passing of a court reform in the Sejm (lower house of the Polish parliament) and said the key aim of the move was to end a rule-of-law dispute with the European Commission (EC).
The governing party Law and Justice (PiS) is hoping the opposition backs a bill amending the law on the Supreme Court that could unlock Poland's access to billions of euros in EU funding frozen for months due to rule-of-law concerns, the party's spokesperson has said.
Poland's United Right governing coalition exposed a crack on Wednesday in a vote on a Supreme Court bill that was meant to quell Brussels' concerns over the rule of law in Poland.
Talks between Solidary Poland, junior member of the governing coalition, and the prime minister over a bill on judiciary changes that could unlock Poland’s access to billions of euros in EU funding have not brought any results, government spokesperson has said.
Poland's justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, has suggested that the support for the LGBT community expressed by the US hip-hop band Black Eyed Peas at a New Year's Eve concert in Poland could be part of further government concessions towards the EU.
Politicians of Solidary Poland (SP), a junior member of the country's ruling United Right Coalition, have said describing EUR 23 billion in post-pandemic EU recovery funding as a free gift is "the hyper-lie of the 21st century."
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