András Domány

The veto in Brussels, more precisely due to its absence, remained firm and more conflicts may be involved.

12: 8: This is the ratio in which the leadership of one of the smaller Polish ruling parties decided on Saturday afternoon not to leave the coalition, although still of the opinion that Prime Minister Morawiecki should have vetoed the European Union budget approved on Thursday. Therefore, the government will not lose its parliamentary majority.

Solidarity Poland (SP), led by Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, announced early on that it will withdraw its trust in the prime minister if he becomes “soft”, and has not changed its mind following talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in Warsaw on Tuesday.

According to the party, Morawiecki made a mistake in Brussels. The compromise reached is contrary to the EU treaties and violates the independence of Poland, which cannot be justified by the fact that a large amount of money comes from the Union. Referring to the rule of law, “they can even force the country to allow homosexual couples to adopt children.” Contrary to a binding decision on the rule of law taken by majority, the restrictive guidance promised by the Council does not have legal force. “We have handed over our sovereignty to the Germans, the Dutch and other strangers who despise and humiliate us,” wrote Beata Kempa MEP.

The parliamentary majority of the Polish government is only four, so without the 18 members of the SP, it would be a minority. That is why everyone was eagerly awaiting the meeting of party leaders on Saturday, which was ultimately not intended to disband despite earlier militant statements. The party chairman, Ziobro, did not reveal how he voted, but explained in his post-17:00 report that, as a ruling party, they could do more against the negative consequences of the deal than in the opposition, and as a minister he wants to present a complaint to the EU Court. He did not add: An early election does not interest them, because they may not even enter parliament if they face the still strong Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the chairman of the largest ruling party. Furthermore, Ziobro certainly does not want to give up his extraordinary power over the courts and the prosecution, with which he constantly breaks the independence of the judiciary and which is one of the main elements of the EU’s criticism of the rule of law in Poland. The 50-year-old politician also knows that it would be more difficult for the opposition to continue its years-long fight against Prime Minister Morawiecki for the title of top right-wing leader than as a member of the government, despite the 71-year-old Kaczynski in will actually leave the country sooner or later. Yet it is precisely to control the judicial system that Kaczynski now needs it as well.

Therefore, the government crisis is lagging behind for the moment, but the statements show that more conflicts are expected within the Polish government.



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