The disagreement is deep and could have serious consequences.

In a reform launched last month, Poland hopes to eliminate corruption from its judiciary, notably with a new system of appointment, transfer and discipline of judges.

According to Brussels, these reforms introduced by the nationalist conservative party in power Law and Justice (PiS) threaten democracy and the rule of law.

The Polish Constitutional Court, the highest court in the country, replied yesterday by declaring that certain articles of the Treaty of the European Union were "incompatible" with the Polish Constitution and ordered the European institutions not to "act beyond the scope of their skills ”.

In other words, thank you for not interfering with our legal system.

Towards a Polexit?

In Brussels, Jeroen Lenaers, a spokesperson for the European People's Party, said: “Enough is enough.

It is an attack on the EU as a whole.

Demonstrations erupted in Poland, accusing the ruling power of following the path of Belarus.

“It's a scandal (…) They are taking us out of the European Union!

», Regretted Anna Labus, a pensioner, bursting into tears.

Because this is what is to be feared, in the long term, if the crisis is not resolved. Last month, EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni warned that the Polish court case could have "consequences" for the disbursement of stimulus funds to Poland. The European Union has not yet approved the 23 billion euros in grants and the 34 billion euros in cheap loans planned for this country. A "blackmail" for the Polish government.

Ryszard Terlecki, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, recently called for “drastic solutions” to the conflict between Poland and the EU.

“The British have shown that the dictatorship of the Brussels bureaucracy does not suit them.

They turned around and left, ”he said.

Such a departure could affect the stability of the Union, in particular with the isolation of the Baltic countries.

But it should be noted that more than 80% of Poles support membership of the EU, which has given their country billions of euros in subsidies since 2004. Last month, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of the PiS, rejected the idea of ​​a Polexit, stating that Poland only wanted to end EU “interference”.

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