Clashing With Europe Costs Poland
The nationalist government in Warsaw is getting a glimpse of what it’s like to lose powerful friends in the EU.
March of Independence in Warsaw on Nov. 11.
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For Poland’s nationalist government, the cost of defying the European Union is now getting real.
The standoff with Brussels over political appointments to the country’s independent judiciary have so far come at a price that’s been relatively easy to accept for the ruling Law & Justice party: a hit to Poland’s status as a reliable EU member and some testy exchanges with France and Germany.