Poland maintains a decision not to pay a fine of the European Union (EU) for refusing to eliminate the “Torov” mines. This was announced by the press secretary of the Polish government Peter Muller, reports TASS.
Thus, Muller denied reports that the Polish government is going to pay the European Union the fines prescribed by the court for refusing to stop the extraction of coal in the disputed mine. To date, Poland must pay the EU 200 million zlotys (about 43.5 million euros).
On October 28, the 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. According to him, Warsaw should refuse payments of the appointed fines both on sanctions against the “Torov” mine and for changes in the judicial system.
On October 27, the EU Court imposed 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 causes harm to the ecological system of neighboring Czech Republic.