EU Rethinks Tough Approach to Rule-of-Law Crisis in Poland
- EU leaders in Brussels discuss Polish challenge to EU laws
- The bloc has withheld 36 billion euros bound for Warsaw
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The European Union is reassessing how aggressively to approach the rule-of-law crisis in Poland after leaders including Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Emmanuel Macron called for restraint.
The European Commission is considering delaying a new mechanism designed to block budget payments to member states in breach of the EU’s democratic standards, according to officials familiar with the discussions. Before the reassessment, the commission had been prepared to send letters to countries accused of violations as soon as this week.