In the Sejm, there was a polemic about the EU budget between Janusz Kowalski, MP of Solidarity Poland, and Radosław Sikorski, MEP of the Civic Coalition. – You are the first team of the Ministry of Justice in any European country that is against the rule of law – said Sikorski. Kowalski demanded that “the opposition should behave loyally to Poland and speak in accordance with its interests.”
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Member states did not reach unanimity on Monday on the EU’s multi-annual budget and decisions regarding the recovery fund. Poland and Hungary raised reservations regarding the regulation on binding EU funds to compliance with the rule of law. The regulation was adopted by qualified majority of the Member States.
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On Monday, Zbigniew Ziobro, the Minister of Justice and leader of Solidarity Poland, which is part of the United Right, assessed that Poland’s lack of veto on the EU budget it would mean “a complete loss of confidence in the prime minister with all the consequences.”
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Sikorski to Kowalski: you are lying to the Poles
Janusz Kowalski, deputy minister of state assets, Janusz Kowalski spoke to the media in the Sejm on Tuesday on the EU budget. His statements were listened to by Radosław Sikorski, a member of the Civic Coalition, who accused Kowalski of a lie.
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– Gentlemen, you are lying to Poles when it comes to the European Union, for example, that the rule of law is a threat to sovereignty – said Sikorski. When asked by Kowalski whether SIkorski is not a threat to sovereignty, the KO MEP said that “you are the first team of the Ministry of Justice in any European country that is against the rule of law.”
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The Ministry of Justice is a ministry headed by politicians from the SP.
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Exchange of views between Radosław Sikorski and Janusz KowalskiPAP / Rafał Guz
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Kowalski: Today Poland is being blackmailed by Germany
The deputy minister reminded the KO MEP that in January 2009 Gazprom stopped sending gas to Poland, and Poland was blackmailed. – Back then, the late President Lech Kaczyński, whom you were also a collaborator, and also PiS, President Jarosław Kaczyński, in a situation when Poland was blackmailed by the Russian Federation, stood on the side of the PO government, because this is the Polish raison d’état, said Kowalski.
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– Today, Minister, and you were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland is being blackmailed by Germany – added Kowalski. Sikorski replied that Poland was not blackmailed. – Poland simply lost the vote once again – 25: 2 – because you lose successive votes because you cannot negotiate – said the MEP.
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“Please do not piss Poles against the European Union”
– If someone is blackmailing someone, and today Germany and Brussels are blackmailing us, wanting to introduce a regulation that is inconsistent with the European treaty, it is your duty – as a Polish citizen and former foreign minister – to stand on the side of the Republic of Poland – the politician asked Sikorski in response Solidarity Poland.
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In response, Sikorski reiterated that PiS had lost the vote in the EU. – Please do not rush Poles against the European Union – he appealed.
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Kowalski came back to 2009. Sikorski replied: “that is why today we have declared that we will help you vote the Reconstruction Fund”. – Please thank you for that – added the MEP.
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The deputy head of the MAP emphasized that he would like the opposition to behave loyally to Poland and speak out in accordance with its interests. Sikorski replied that “European money and the rule of law are in the Polish national interest.” “And you want to deprive us of both,” he said.
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Reconstruction Fund
€ 750 billion rehabilitation fund was agreed at the July summit in Brussels. The agreement assumes that it will be composed of 390 billion euros in subsidies and 360 billion euros in loans. The Recovery and Resilience Facility is to be its largest part.
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According to the agreement of the heads of state and government reached during the July EU summit, it will amount to EUR 672.5 billion. EU leaders have decided that this amount will consist of EUR 360 billion in loans and EUR 312.5 billion in grants.
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The presented calculations show that for the years 2021-2022 Poland will receive EUR 18.9 billion, while in 2023 an additional amount to EUR 4.1 billion.
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photo-source">Main photo source: PAP / Rafał Guz
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