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Poland's rule of law: Fight against the inheritance of the PIS government!
Kleine Zeitung reports on Poland's political tensions: asylum for Romanowski, judicial reforms and EU reactions in focus.
Poland's rule of law: Fight against the inheritance of the PIS government!
In the latest political excitement, Hungary granted the Polish politician M. Romanowski, who is sought for corruption and a European arrest warrant, asylum. This ensures great outrage in Warsaw: Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski described this decision as an enemy act against Poland and the principles of the European Union. On the online platform X, he said that the Polish government would be involved in the EU Commission if Hungary should not meet his obligations. The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has already emerged in the past with similar decisions when he granted the former Macedonian Premier Ministry of Asylum to the corruption convicted Small newspaper reported.
Poland's judicial crisis and the role of Romanowski
Romanowski, who was released from custody in July under conditions of the European Council, had long been involved in the investigation against authorities due to the abuse of public funds. While the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk tries to reform the judicial structures created by the national conservative PIS party, it stands against a variety of obstacles, including the veto of the pis-loyal president Andrzej Duda. This has repeatedly tried to block reform projects of the government, which makes it difficult to restore the rule of law in Poland, like the Federal Center for Political Education reported.
In recent years, the PIS has severely politicized Poland's judicial systems and pushed to the brink of European standards. A major challenge for Tusk and his government will be to find a balance in the next election in 2025 to return the country to the path to democratic principles. Experts fear that the interests represented by the current president will have long -term effects on the independence of the judiciary and thus also on future government tours. The communicated intentions of restoring the rule of law could encounter resistance as long as the current president remains in power.