The platform seeks to secure a consensus on the migration pact and is expected to be used quickly to relocate people who enter the region illegally, according to PiS MEP Dominik Tarczyński in remarks to PAP. The European Parliament approved the pact in a vote held on Wednesday, a move opposed by the Civic Platform and Law and Justice parties.
We were, we are, and we will remain against the migration pact. We oppose this policy. We do not support negotiating any alternative version of it. We stand in favor of rejecting the solution in its entirety. That stance held in 2015 and it holds in 2024 as well, asserted Tarczyński.
The key difference between us and the Platform is that they want to engage in negotiations and strike a deal with the EU. That approach could lend legitimacy to a deeply harmful concept and transfer some responsibility. We advocate a firm veto and a clear refusal to this approach. The Platform believes that willingness to compromise will be reciprocated. Experience shows a different pattern. They would be used without remorse to relocate illegal migrants, the Polish politician argued, explaining why the entire PiS delegation in the European Parliament voted against the measures governing the migration pact.
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Referring to the remark by PO member Andrzej Halicki, who told PAP that the package had been negotiated by the PiS government, which allegedly could not secure favorable terms for Poland, Tarczyński responded:
It is nonsensical to assign fault to PiS everywhere. Some members of the Platform endorsed the migration pact. They claim one thing and do another. They seek to divert attention away from their own voting patterns.
In total, the European Parliament on Wednesday voted on ten components of the Migration Pact. All of them were approved. The reform originated with the European Commission in 2016 but faced resistance from several member states due to the proposed forced relocations. The EP’s vote reflected the latest version, initially agreed with the EU Council in December 2023 and introduced by the EC in 2021.
The most contentious element, the so-called voluntary solidarity mechanism, would require the deployment of at least 30,000 people annually. Member states can alternatively pay 20,000 euros for each person who is not admitted to or who does not participate in operations at the Union’s external borders.
The migration pact still awaits approval by the EU Council, where member states are represented. The Polish government opposed the measures, arguing that work on the regulations concluded shortly after the current government took office, and that the results achieved by the previous team were insufficient.
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Source: wPolityce