The European Commission on Wednesday launched a formal investigation into the policies of Poland’s new right-wing government.
Speaking to reporters, the commission’s First Vice President Frans Timmermans said: “Today we have decided that the commission will carry out a preliminary assessment on this matter under the rule of law framework.”
The commission chose to discuss Poland because of moves by its new right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) government to bolster state control of the media and the country’s constitutional court. Under the EU’s rule of law framework, the commission will now seek to establish the facts behind PiS’s actions through …read more
Source: Newsweek
