European Union woes

It's not encouraging that the European Union seems to be very shaky since Brexit. I feel it's happening as right-wing nationalists with fascist tendencies gain more control across Europe, as well as here in America.

[Head of the European Commission] Ursula von der Leyen said she was deeply concerned by Thursday’s ruling of the Polish constitutional tribunal, which concluded that basic principles of EU law were incompatible with Poland’s constitution. “I have instructed the commission’s services to analyse it thoroughly and swiftly. On this basis, we will decide on next steps,” she said in her first public statement on the matter.

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While the European Commission is embroiled in a legal dispute with Germany’s constitutional court over EU law, the latest ruling from Poland is seen by Brussels as far more serious. Polish judges have rejected the basic principle of EU legal primacy – a core pillar of the bloc’s legal order that all member states sign up to on joining.

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Politicians and legal scholars have described the move as a “legal Polexit” that jeopardises Poland’s access to EU funds and the rights of its largely pro-EU population and businesses.

France’s Europe minister, Clément Beaune, said the situation was very serious. “There is the risk of a de-facto exit,” of Poland from the EU, he told the BFM-TV broadcaster, adding that he did not want Poland to leave. “This is not a technical or a legal question. This is a highly political topic that adds to a long list of provocations aimed at the EU,” he said.

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The ruling is the latest twist in a conflict between Brussels and Warsaw that began soon after Poland’s nationalist Law and Justice party came to power in 2015. The ruling party swiftly introduced changes to its legal system that increased government control over judges, widely condemned as weakening the rule of law.

  Guardian

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.