“The European Commission has noted that President Andrzej Duda has signed into law the establishment of a commission to investigate Russian influences and will analyze it,” European Commission spokeswoman Sonya Gospodinova told RMF FM.
And what about President Duda’s proposal that the prime minister calls at the European Council for the establishment of a committee to investigate Russian influence at EU level?
The European Council does not deal with such matters. (…) It is rather a matter for the European Parliament
— this is the answer the RMF journalist received from the circle of the head of the European Council, Charles Michel. However, the diplomat noted that Prime Minister Morawiecki may raise this topic “and then announce at a press conference that he has presented this proposal”.
Who would appoint such a committee? Who would be part of it? I don’t even know how to comment on it
– said the RMF FM interlocutor.
Adoption of the Law on the Committee on Russian Influence
The Sejm on April 14 this year approved the law establishing the State Commission for the Study of Russian Influences on the Internal Security of the Republic of Poland in the Years 2007-2022. They started setting it up in December last year. PiS Delegates. They pointed out that the commission should operate under principles similar to those of the verification commission for the re-privatization of Warsaw.
May 11 this year The Senate passed a resolution to reject the law establishing this commission. On Friday, the Sejm voted against the Senate resolution.
The committee would analyze official activities, create, duplicate, share information with third parties; influencing the content of board decisions; making harmful decisions; making advance directives on behalf of a government agency or company; entering into contracts or disposing of public or corporate funds.
The decisions that the committee could take include: revoking an administrative decision issued as a result of Russian influence, issuing a ban on performing functions related to the disposal of public funds for maximum 10 years, and revocation and prohibition of security clearances for 10 years.
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