The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Tuesday, July 11th, questioning the integrity of the Polish electoral law, calling for an OSCE observer mission ahead of the upcoming October elections, and branding the country’s Constitutional Court illegal. According to Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński, this amounts to a “declaration of war” on behalf of Brussels.
“Calling the institutions of a democratic state ‘illegal’ in an EP resolution is … absolutely unacceptable,” MEP Dominik Tarczyński (ECR), a member of Poland’s governing Law and Justice (PiS) party told the Polish daily wPolytice. “This is a declaration of political war against a democratic state and a de facto undermining of its existence.”
The resolution in question accused the Polish government of “systematic efforts to undermine the fundamental values of the EU,” expressed “deep concern over changes in the Polish electoral code, which were adopted shortly before the upcoming parliamentary elections,” called for an OSCE observer mission, and urged the European Commission to take further measures to ensure Warsaw complies with the rule of law.
The MEP found it particularly hypocritical that it was the socialists (S&D) to spearhead the motion, many of whom were caught up in the Qatargate scandal just a few months ago.
“People representing political families accused of the biggest corruption scandal … say that the Constitutional Court is illegal?” he asked, before bringing up the fact that the same parties refused to give EU auditors a mandate to look into their own finances during the same plenary session.
“These are people who have gone mad in their impotence and powerlessness due to losing elections and are taking advantage of every situation to cross boundaries that should not be crossed,” Tarczyński said. “They have crossed the line and our response will be very strong.”
Without providing too much detail, the MEP promised that his party would reveal the true extent of corruption and violations of the rule of law within the ranks of the S&D and other leftist parties in the European Parliament.
“What the Socialist group did by signing such a document is crossing the line. This is undermining the functioning of a democratic government and a democratic EU member state.” Tarczyński said. “They do not have the right to tell us about the rule of law and undermine democratic processes in the Polish state.”
