
Jobs Deal Secures Polish Place in Conservative ECR Group
The Poles will remain in the group, despite differences over Fidesz’ exclusion.
The Poles will remain in the group, despite differences over Fidesz’ exclusion.
Brussels’ center-left coalition is built on “lies and deceit,” Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said while his party set out to create its own parliamentary group of like-minded Central European parties.
Polish MEP says government attack on central bank president is “purely politically motivated and has no factual or legal basis.”
Dismantling the previous conservative government’s work is considered sufficient to unlock Poland’s frozen funds and end its ‘rule-of-law’ dispute in just a few months, according to the Commission.
Mateusz Morawiecki and ECR co-chair MEP Ryszard Legutko look set to greenlight Hungary’s ruling party joining the group after the EU elections.
Conservative lawmakers from around Europe back resolutions accusing the Polish government of violating the rule of law.
It is frightening that many other democracies are silent about what’s happening in Poland.
Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński said Tusk and his regime were enacting long-held plans to crush independent media in the country.
PiS vows to play hardball using the control of the presidency, while Tusk plans on replacing conservative officials in courts and the media.
The Polish prime minister has two weeks to put together a government with support of individual MPs after other parties have ruled out a coalition with his party.