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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday his country would also block the EU’s multi-year budget in the final vote, as it did with Hungary in a preliminary vote on Monday, and the two countries disagree with the rule of law . Instead, European Parliament leaders say they will not make “concessions” to Hungary and Poland.
“A European Union in which there is a European oligarchy that punishes (the weaker member states) is not the European Union that we have entered,” Morawiecki told the Warsaw parliament, according to AFP. “I said ‘yes’ to the European Union, but’ no ‘to our punishment as children,” he added, warning that Brussels’ desire to impose political conditions on access to European funds could ultimately lead to the “disintegration of the EU. “, transmits Agerpres.
“Today, this instrument may be directed against us, against Hungary, probably against Slovenia, probably against any other Central European country. But in a few years, in two or three years, it could turn against someone else, “Morawiecki said.
“It is a turning point in the history of the EU. Making decisions based on arbitrary provisions to regulate can ultimately lead to its collapse,” he added.
“If our partners do not understand that we do not agree to unequal treatment for Member States, with a club that is always used against us, just because someone does not like our government, then we will use this veto in Morawiecki also claimed, according to the PAP.
The European Parliament refuses to give in to Hungary and Poland
The European Parliament will make “no concessions” to condition EU funds on respect for the rule of law vis-à-vis Hungary and Poland, which have used their veto power to block the EU’s multi-annual budget and relaunch plan, they announced. on Wednesday. the president of the institution, David Sassoli, and the leaders of the political groups, reports AFP.
“No concessions will be made on our part,” they said in a statement.
“The leaders of the European Parliament deeply regret this blockade and reaffirm that the agreements concluded on the multiannual budget, as well as on conditionality with the rule of law) (…) cannot in any case be reopened,” they added, according to Agerpres.
During a meeting of EU Permanent Representatives on Monday, Poland and Hungary implemented their threat to veto the EU’s multi-annual budget for 2021-2027 (€ 1.074 billion) and the recovery plan. “Next Generation” (750 billion euros), if the agreement agreed earlier this month between the European Parliament and the German presidency of the Council of the EU stipulates that European funds could be suspended in case of member states accused of violate the state. (independence of the judiciary, press, fundamental rights, etc.), this mechanism being considered by the Polish and Hungarian governments an arbitrary instrument based on political and ideological criteria.
As Hungary and Poland could not stop this mechanism of conditional access to European funds, adopted at Monday’s meeting by qualified majority, the reservations expressed by these countries prevented the adoption of the agreement on the multiannual financial framework and the decision on own resources , which requires unanimity.
The European Union is considering “practical solutions” to resolve the conflict, but will move forward without the two states if there is no solution, French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune said on Wednesday.
On Thursday there will be a new videoconference of EU heads of state and government to manage the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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