Poland Warns Sovereignty at Risk From EU’s Rule-of-Law Probe
- European Commision forces trying to break up EU, Szydlo says
- Government rejects EU probe into state of Polish democracy
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Poland’s government defended the nation’s sovereignty, saying the European Union’s executive wanted to break the bloc apart after officials in Brussels threatened to deepen a probe into whether the country is backsliding on democracy.
The European Commission is preparing to extend its first ever investigation into an EU member’s adherence to rule of law over concerns that an overhaul of Poland’s top court has undermined the country’s standing as a democratic state. Prime Minister Beata Szydlo and the ruling party on Friday passed a parliamentary resolution to defend the largest eastern EU nation’s sovereignty, saying it was under the biggest threat since the country regained independence following the 1989 fall of communism.