US, EU Call Out Poland for Pre-Vote Move Against Opposition
- New panel could effectively bar politicians from office
- Dispute threatens to hurt Poland’s relations with crucial ally
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The US and the European Union slammed a new law that allows Poland’s ruling party to probe opposition leader Donald Tusk, saying the legislation could be misused to interfere with a tightly contested election this year.
Hours after President Andrzej Duda approved the creation of a special parliamentary panel to investigate Russian meddling in Poland, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the US shares the concerns “expressed by many observers” that the panel “could be used to block the candidacy of opposition politicians without due process.”