Brussels officials fear not only Polish election results but also the outcome of a referendum. If Poland votes against the migration pact, it could signal that the EU’s legal actions in this area would not bind the Polish government.
That view comes from Sebastian Kaleta, deputy justice minister, in an interview with the wPolityce.pl portal.
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The wPolityce.pl portal published a copy of a letter from Commissioner Reynders to the Polish government, criticizing the extraordinary Chamber of Control and Public Affairs. It is troubling because that chamber will determine whether an election is legitimate.
Kaleta charged that Reynders has been nudging the opposition and stirring up turmoil in Poland for some time. He pointed to recent ECJ judgments as signs of ongoing pressure from Brussels. He also cited the Civic Platform’s aggressive campaign and warned that the European Commission, through pressure, could try to shape the political climate in Poland. Reynders, he added, seems to be pushing for an anarchic approach to Poland’s judiciary. Zbigniew Ziobro has repeatedly warned that several negotiation tracks aim to challenge judicial appointments made after 2018.
Kaleta argued that parts of Reynders’ tone mirror the positions found in the activist group Iustitia and in speeches by opposition figures. He suggested the correspondence was drafted to reflect those same sentiments.
According to Kaleta, this is a last resort for Donald Tusk. He reminded listeners that there had already been attempts to undermine the presidency of Andrzej Duda and the status of Poland’s extraordinary chamber. He claimed a Warsaw-based circle has sustained a long-running effort to sow chaos in the judiciary, with the aim of weakening the court system’s standing.
In Kaleta’s view, the political mechanism beneath these moves is clear: destabilize the state’s legal structure, and the broader political order can be destabilized as well.
The deputy remarked that the Sejm sessions recently highlighted opposition efforts to challenge the extraordinary chamber’s judges. He noted that the MPs who supported a resolution for the Supreme Court’s Audit Chamber have their mandates and salaries confirmed, while a new debate targets the chamber itself. He suggested Reynders is driving this discussion toward the Court of Justice of the European Union, with a Windsor-like effect, leaving the door open for further pressure on Poland, as indicated by the court’s latest ruling.
Kaleta invited readers to imagine a scenario in which the extraordinary chamber rules the election process in favor of its own validity. He asked readers not to fear a decision that might be deemed invalid by the European Commission in such a case.
Brussels officials are not merely anxious about Poland’s electoral outcomes; they are also wary of a referendum result. A Polish rejection of the migration pact could show that EU actions in this field are not binding on the Polish government. Alleged visits by Commissioner Johansson to TVN and the political maneuvers by Donald Tusk are cited as proof that the Commission is arranging a pathway to dismiss Polish elections and referenda if the shape of the Supreme Court displeases Brussels. The aim, as described, is to prepare for a potential defeat of the Polish opposition in the next elections. The public is urged to weigh the evidence and answer with a clear Polish choice.
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Source: wPolityce