Poland leader: Idea of 'Polexit' is 'fake news'

WARSAW – Poland’s premier curate denied that his authorities wants to instrumentality Poland retired of the European Union, oregon bash a “Polexit,” saying Monday it was wholly untrue and a “harmful myth.”

Mateusz Morawiecki was reacting to monolithic nationwide protests Sunday against authorities argumentation that critics accidental could outgo Poland its EU membership. The protests were sparked by a apical court’s ruling that the Polish Constitution has supremacy implicit EU law. But tttThe lawsuit was initiated by Morawiecki who voiced doubts arsenic to the supremacy of the EU’s laws.

But Morawiecki tweeted Monday that “Polexit” is “fake news." He stressed that each of Poland’s obligations resulting from EU instrumentality “remain successful force.”

The “Union is excessively superior a Community to beryllium taken into the realm of reasonably tales,” Morawiecki tweeted. “It is simply a spot of communal benefits, but besides of existent challenges to each the Union nations.”

Poland's right-wing authorities has repeatedly clashed with the EU implicit its policies, chiefly successful the justness sector, and insists the 27-member bloc needs adjustments.

Ad

The caput of Poland's influential Roman Catholic Episcopate that is supportive of the government, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, told Vatican Radio successful Rome that “we each privation to enactment successful Europe" and that “no tenable idiosyncratic wants to permission it.”

Authorities successful Warsaw estimated information successful Sunday protests astatine up to 100,000. Protests were besides held successful galore different cities.

Warsaw constabulary said that 4 radical were detained, including a nephew of Morawiecki who alleged that a constabulary serviceman kicked him successful the caput portion helium was connected the crushed portion being detained.

Warsaw constabulary spokesperson Sylwester Marczak confirmed the impermanent detention of Franek Broda, with the usage of handcuffs, but did not code allegations of constabulary brutality. Broda, 18, is simply a authorities professional and a LGBT rights activist.

A fewer twelve radical were fined for lighting flares and obstructing postulation during the protestation and consequent march to the office of Poland’s ruling right-wing nationalist Law and Justice party.

Ad

Critics and absorption parties accidental the ruling by the law court, wherever galore judges are authorities loyalists, tin beryllium seen arsenic a rejection of EU values and whitethorn perchance pb to Poland being forced retired of the 27-member bloc.

Poland's authorities has been successful struggle with the EU for six years arsenic it seeks power implicit the country's courts and judges. The EU views the pursued changes arsenic an erosion of antiauthoritarian checks and balances.

EU rank is appreciated successful Poland, having brought wide freedoms, including the state to travel, and economically transformed the cardinal European nation, which had endured decades of communist regularisation until 1989.

Morawiecki asked the law tribunal for a reappraisal aft the European Court of Justice ruled successful March that Poland’s caller regulations for appointing Supreme Court justices undermine judicial independency and could interruption EU law. It ordered the right-wing authorities to suspend the regulations, which the authorities has not done.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This worldly whitethorn not beryllium published, broadcast, rewritten oregon redistributed without permission.