The head of state has received, Wednesday, his Polish counterpart at the Elysee. The Polish Constitutional Court challenged early October the primacy of European law on national law. A Belli Casus for the European Union.
Le Monde with AFP
The French President Emmanuel Macron wishes “the pursuit of an in-depth dialogue” with Poland to solve the iron arm between Brussels and Warsaw on the primacy of European law, “said Elysee, Wednesday, October 27, after a Meeting with Polish President.
Poland has been in open conflict with Brussels for several years due to the controversial judicial reforms implemented by the Populist Party on the right, law and justice (EST).
The tensions have increased since the beginning of October, when the Polish Constitutional Court, institution close to the ruling party, has found in a judgment certain articles of the EU treaties “incompatible” with the constitution of the country.
The Commission and several Member States see an unprecedented attack on the primacy of European law and the jurisdiction of the EU Court (CJEU), the founding pillars of the Union. Receiving Andrzej Duda for a working lunch, Emmanuel Macron desired “the continuation of a thorough dialogue” with Warsaw “to solve the difficulties posed by this judgment”.
The French Head of State, however, expressed his counterpart of “his concerns about the independence of Polish” justice, according to a statement by the Elysée. Poland was sentenced on Wednesday by the CJEU to pay the European Commission a penalty of one million euros a day for attempting to put a fairness. Warsaw did not end the activities of the Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber, which, according to Brussels, seriously threatens the independence of the judiciary in Poland.
The question of borders
The two heads of state also addressed the question of the border with the Belarus “and the necessity”, according to the Elysée, “of the protection of our external borders which is both effective and respectful of our Values ”.
Wednesday, Wednesday accused the family of President Belarus Alexander Loukachenko to be behind a “traffic” of human beings “cleverly organized” towards the European Union, via Turkey and Dubai.
Europeans suspect President Loukachenko to bring migrants by plane from the Middle East and Africa to Minsk, before sending them back to Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, in retaliation to economic sanctions inflicted by the European Union for its regime.
On the energy component, the two presidents, still according to the Elysée, underlined “the importance of using nuclear energy” for both limiting greenhouse gas emissions and “strengthen our independence towards third countries “.