In the light of the CJEU judgment, we can expect a slow paralysis of forest management, all the treatments and activities of foresters can be questioned – said the adviser to the President of the Republic of Poland, Paweł Sałek, in an interview with the weekend “Nasz Dziennik”.
In an interview published in the Saturday-Sunday edition of “Nasz Dziennik”, Paweł Sałek was asked about the recent CJEU ruling on the possibility of challenging forest management plans in court. As he assessed, “we are facing the next phase of the +more integration+ strategy in the European Union, which aims to limit the independence and freedom of member states to dispose of their own resources.”
Independence is kept to a minimum
The starting point of this strategy is to minimize the independence of national governments and parliaments. The democratically elected authorities of the Member States must be fully subject to the will of the European Commission – a body which, it is worth noting, has no democratic legitimacy
– he said.
According to the President’s adviser, “The Polish state must strongly protest against the practices of the European Commission which have no legal basis in the treaties”.
The EC does not respect the current legal order and puts itself above the treaties, ignoring the voice of many member states. We must remind them and, if necessary, enter into discussions with the European Commission
he said.
What does the CJEU judgment mean?
When asked whether the amendment of Polish law in accordance with the CJEU judgment, which provides for the possibility of appeal without justification against forest management plans by ecological organizations, will mean the paralysis of forest management, Sałek replied:
On the domestic front, we can expect a slow paralysis of forest management in the light of the CJEU ruling.
All procedures and activities of forest rangers can be questioned across the country in more than 430 forest districts. Local communities will be incited against foresters and have a negative attitude towards them, because a forester should only cut down the forest and plunder nature. Long-running lawsuits will be pending in cases that have not yet been the domain of ordinary courts
– paid attention.
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Source: wPolityce