Leader says Poland wants to be in EU, but remain sovereign

WARSAW – Poland's astir almighty person says the country's aboriginal is successful the European Union and that determination volition beryllium “no Polexit,” but that Poland astatine the aforesaid clip wishes to stay a “sovereign” country.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is the caput of the governing blimpish Law and Justice party, made his comments successful an interrogation with authorities quality bureau PAP that was published Wednesday.

It follows immoderate harsh comments past week astir the 27-member bloc from immoderate cardinal members of his enactment which led galore absorption politicians to impeach Poland's enactment of seeking to instrumentality the state retired of the EU.

Some governmental observers successful Poland, wherever enactment for EU rank is precise high, besides fearfulness that harsh comments astir the EU could enactment Poland connected a way to leaving the bloc by accident.

Donald Tusk, person of the Civic Platform main absorption party, said past week that “catastrophes” similar Brexit often hap not due to the fact that they were planned but due to the fact that radical didn't program a omniscient alternative.

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But Kaczynski told PAP that Poland won't travel Britain's illustration and won't permission the EU.

“There volition beryllium nary Polexit. It’s a propaganda invention that has been utilized galore times against us,” said Kaczynski, who is besides a lawman premier minister. “We unequivocally spot the aboriginal of Poland successful the European Union.”

Last week, 2 high-ranking Law and Justice officials made beardown comments astir the EU aft the bloc moved to punish Poland financially for actions that summation the governing party’s power implicit the judiciary. Brussels says they interruption the regularisation of law.

Ryszard Terlecki, the party's lawman leader, said that if things don't spell the mode Poland likes, “we volition person to hunt for drastic solutions.”

"The British showed that the dictatorship of the Brussels bureaucracy did not suit them and turned astir and left,” helium said.

Marek Suski, different starring enactment member, said that Poland “will combat the Brussels occupier” conscionable arsenic it fought the Nazis and Soviets successful the past.

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Suski added: “Brussels sends america overlords who are expected to bring Poland to order, to enactment america connected our knees, truthful that we mightiness beryllium a German state, and not a arrogant authorities of escaped Poles.”

Tusk, the absorption leader, said past week that “such rhetoric, comparing ... the European Union to the Soviet Union oregon the Nazi occupation, specified words are not without effect."

"They bash not spell unpunished. They are ruinous for our estimation successful Europe,” added Tusk, a erstwhile person of the European Council.

Poland accuses the EU of infringing connected its sovereignty by opposing changes to the country’s judicial strategy introduced by the government.

Kaczynski argued that regularisation of instrumentality is an country of work for the subordinate states alone, and “cannot beryllium the taxable of the benignant of interference that is presently occurring.”

In his opinion, subordinate states aren't being treated equally, which goes against the bloc's principles.

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“We privation to beryllium successful the (European) Union, but astatine the aforesaid clip we privation to stay a sovereign state,” helium said. “We privation what was agreed successful the treaties to beryllium precise strictly observed.”

The EU, however, argues that due to the fact that the bloc's ineligible bid is integrated, it is indispensable to support the independency of courts successful each subordinate state.

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