The European Commission agrees to release frozen funds for the new Polish government

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the European Union Commission has officially released 137 billion euros for The new Polish government agreed.

The EU Commission announced that Warsaw had satisfactorily achieved important milestones regarding the independence of the judiciary. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announced the decision at a press conference in Warsaw.

The money comes from two sources: about 76.5 billion euros from the EU’s cohesion budget, which is used to harmonize standards. The lives of member states are considered. On the other hand, the European Commission wants to release about 60 billion EU aid for the corona, which was blocked for a long time. Of this amount, 34.5 billion euros will be given in the form of loans and 25.3 billion euros in the form of grants.

According to “NTV” Germany, this Brussels institution cannot be alone in the distribution of corona aid. decide. Member States still have to give the green light. After the change of government in December, Poland received more than five billion euros from a fund created to recover the economy after the corona pandemic.

The European Commission withheld the money for the country because According to this European institution, the previous government with the rule of the Law and Justice Party in Warsaw had weakened the judicial system. The European Union has recently criticized, among other things, the ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court, according to which parts of the EU laws are not compatible with the Polish constitution.

This decision is considered very problematic because it could give an excuse to Polish politicians. to ignore the unfavorable rulings of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The previous national-conservative government in Poland also implemented highly controversial judicial reforms that, in the eyes of the European Court of Justice, jeopardized the independence of judges there.

Donald Tusk, Poland’s new prime minister , now wants to thwart these reforms again with his coalition government. During the election campaign before the change of government, he had already promised his compatriots a rapprochement with Brussels to release blocked aid. Last week, Poland’s new justice minister, Adam Bodnar, presented a reform plan to EU partners to address deficits in the rule of law.

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