If it is really true, as PO head Donald Tusk says, that he is able to withdraw money from the National Reconstruction Plan with just one visit to Brussels, without any legislative work, then it is a political crime – said Marek Pęk, Deputy President of the Senate (PiS).
The leader of the PO and opposition candidate for prime minister, Donald Tusk, held a series of meetings in the EU institutions the day before yesterday and yesterday. He spoke with, among others, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
Donald Tusk said in Brussels that the necessary steps will be taken immediately after the change of government so that Europe can see the rule of law return to Poland and that the first payments from the National Reconstruction Plan will be possible in December. The PO leader also stated that the end of the legislative process would not be necessary to release the KPO money.
Marek Pęk, asked today by journalists in the Senate about Tusk’s words, said: “If it is really true, as Donald Tusk says, that he is able to unblock the KPO with one visit, without any legislative work, then it is a political issue.” crime.”
Shocking statements
Commenting that these were statements, Pęk responded that “these are shocking statements, to say the least.”
However, this shows that it is only a political circus, political chutzpah, that it was not about milestones, that it was not about any adaptation of Polish law to the requirements of European law, but about Poland, which also talked about ‘ starve’. one of the commissioners from a few years ago, led to the overthrow of the Law and Justice government
– said the Vice President of the Senate.
According to him, “sooner or later the European Union will disintegrate if the European Union wants to continue to function in this way.”
In June last year, the EC accepted the Polish KPO, which was a step towards the disbursement of 23.9 billion euros in grants and 11.5 billion euros in loans under the Reconstruction Fund, but the money was not paid . The EC noted that the Polish FPA “contains milestones related to important aspects of judicial independence that are of particular importance for improving the investment climate and creating conditions for effective implementation” and that “Poland must demonstrate that these milestones are reached before payments are made”. made in the context of the Reconstruction Fund.
The National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO) is a program consisting of 54 investments and 48 reforms. It is intended to strengthen the Polish economy and make it easier to weather any crises. Poland will receive PLN 158.5 billion, of which PLN 106.9 billion in the form of grants and PLN 51.6 billion in the form of preferential loans.
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Source: wPolityce