Dutch Ask EU to Freeze Billions for Poland in Rule-of-Law Clash
- Poland is bidding for 36 billion euros in recovery fund
- Prime Minister Rutte will make the request to the EU next week
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The Netherlands’s caretaker prime minister, Mark Rutte, will call on the European Union to withhold 36 billion euros ($42 billion) in recovery money earmarked for Poland following a controversial Polish court ruling that undercut a pillar of membership in the bloc.
The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, has already delayed an assessment of Poland’s request for stimulus funds and is still deciding if, and when, to release the money. Warsaw is bidding for 23.9 billion euros in grants and 12.1 billion euros in low-interest loans from the bloc.