Today, a hearing will be held in the European Parliament, where Poland's abortion law and the situation of the country's judiciary will be discussed.
The EU Commissioner for Gender Equality and representatives of the Polish government are participating.
- The problem is that we have extremely conservative forces that attack women's right to abortion.
But they also attack democracy and the rule of law.
And the EU must act against that, says EU parliamentarian Malin Björk (V).
Björk (V): "They should not have EU money"
The question is what the EU can and should do.
The Union has previously pointed out the Polish judiciary's lack of independence from political power, but the answer has been that it has nothing to do with Brussels.
And issues of reproductive health are up to each country to decide.
But last year, EU countries agreed on a mechanism that could stop the disbursement of EU money to countries that do not live up to basic democratic principles.
It is the one that Malin Björk and others want to be used to put pressure on Poland.
- The goal is for this to be raised on the political agenda.
There are many who are upset, but we want to see action taken.
Sweden could raise this when the ministers meet, so it will be a hot political potato.
And then, of course, the goal is to make use of the new rule of law mechanism, so you can stifle the money for Poland.
Those who do not respect democracy and the rule of law, they should not have EU money either.