Head of the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General of Poland Zbignev Zebro stated that Warsaw should not pay the fines appointed by the European Court of Justice. Reports about it TASS.
“the Polish state cannot give in lawlessness. Poland cannot and should not pay a single zloty,” added the minister at the press briefing. According to him, Warsaw should refuse to pay the appointed fines, both on sanctions in relation to the “Torov” mines and changes in the judicial system.
Zebro noted that he would insist on this while being the head of the Ministry of Justice. Previously, his deputy Sebastian Kaleta called the decision of the European Union “blackmail and the usurpation of power in the Republic of Brussels.” He noted that the EU completely ignores the Polish legislation and decisions of the Constitutional Court of Poland.
Earlier, on October 27, the EU court put a penalty in Poland in the amount of one million euros per day due to the refusal of Warsaw to abolish the disciplinary chamber of the Supreme Court. The EU considered that the action of this body undermines the independence of the judiciary in the Polish state.
On September 21, the EU demanded from Poland to pay 500 thousand euros every day for the refusal to close the coal mine “Tours.” Warsaw should make this amount to the official termination of the mine. According to the position of Brussels, the mine to damage the environmental system of neighboring Czech Republic.