How MASS PROTESTS in POLAND worry the EU | REAL MATTERS
POLISH PROTESTS, VISEGRAD and the EUROPEAN UNION ?
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| Poland’s president recently vetoed two proposed laws that would have drastically reformed the country’s courts. the proposals were heavily critiqued by the EU and the events leading up to the veto decisions peels back the veil on the ongoing political crisis developing within the European Union itself. ( Mini Documentary )
The proposed Polish reforms led to harsh words and even the proposal of sanctions against Poland by the EU. This move by the EU rallied some EU member states behind Poland, particularly Hungary. Lets dig deeper into these events and look at how this exposes a larger political crisis developing in Europe.
This week Poles had taken to the streets by the tens of thousands to protest the proposed laws and to call on the president, Andrzej Duda, to veto them.
At issue is the composition of Poland’s supreme court. At present, the court’s 83 judges appoint other judges, a process that critics say takes too much time and is rife with potential conflicts of interest. The court has the authority to determine the legality of elections and referenda, and to rule on the validity of laws. The ruling party and its supporters say the court’s judges are elitists and the changes are needed to make the court more accountable. Indeed, an overwhelming majority of Poles have in the past supported a judicial overhaul, citing the slow pace of the system and sometimes controversial rulings.Some analysts who support the bill cite that the current system is nepotistic and corrupt and say that these reforms will make the judiciary more independent. A Swedish report states that Poland’s courts often employ multiple generations of a single family, including those who started serving as far back as during the communist-era, a number of judges have committed crimes and are corrupt, but added that they are untouchable because of immunity, but even political parties that support a judicial overhaul in principle say the government’s effort goes too far...
Orban has locked horns with the EU for years over what Brussels sees as disrespect for democratic freedoms. Orban has increasingly posed himself as a freedom fighter against what he sees as EU overreach.
More recently Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the group where he heavily criticised the EU on its migrant policy and on the EU’s policy on Israel. The Visegrad group later made a statement imploring the EU to take a more supportive stance of Israel.