Poland-EU showdown: "An escalation in a conflict that has lasted for more than five years"
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The strongman of Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, at the head of the ultra-conservative party in power Law and Justice.
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By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow
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The Constitutional Court of Poland ruled on Thursday (October 7th) the incompatibility between certain articles of the treaties of the European Union with the Constitution of the country.
What could be the consequences of the Polish decision on relations with the EU?
Analysis by Laure Neumayer, professor of political science at the University of Picardie Jules Verne.
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Denouncing the interference of Europe, Poland thus affirms according to the words of the spokesperson of the government, Piotr Muller, "
the primacy of constitutional law over other sources of law
".
Brussels, for its part, believes that the nationalist law and justice party (PiS), in power since 2015, threatens democracy in the country.
Laure Neumayer is co-author of the book
Condamner le Past?
Memories of authoritarian pasts in Europe and Latin America.
(Paris Nanterre University Press)
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