Poland’s declaration of some EU laws “incompatible” with its constitution caused anger in the bloc. But it’s only the latest of years of disagreements between Warsaw and Brussels
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday that some EU Treaty articles are “incompatible” with the country’s constitution, posing a major challenge to Brussels and the bloc’s legal foundation.
"This also applies to the judiciary and the European Union has nothing to say here," Kaczynski told reporters. The EU is now delaying the approval of 23 billion euros in EU grants and 34 billion euros in cheap loans that were spared to help the county to recover from Covid-19’s economic impacts.the EU will try to protect the principles with any tool possible.
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