Poland will reject ‘incompatible’ EU demands: PM

Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydło said on the 27 October 2016 that her government would not introduce legal changes recommended by the European Commission that were incompatible with Polish interests. This was in the context of the formal response of the Polish Government to the European Commission Recommendation of 27 July 2016 regarding the rule of law in Poland.

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ESO: Background information: Is the EU Commission’s Rule of Law Fight about Poland already lost? http://www.europeansources.info/record/is-the-eu-commissions-rule-of-law-fight-about-poland-already-lost/

EUObserver, 27.10.16: Poland defies EU on rule of law https://euobserver.com/news/135698

Poland: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: News, 27.10.16: MFA statement on the Polish government’s response to Commission Recommendation of 27.07.2016 http://www.msz.gov.pl/en/news/mfa_statement_on_the_polish_government_s_response_to_commission_recommendation_of_27_07_2016

ESO: Background information: Rule of Law: Commission issues recommendation to Poland, July 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/rule-of-law-commission-issues-recommendation-to-poland/

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Politico, 23.11.16: For EU, Poland is not yet lost http://www.politico.eu/article/for-eu-poland-is-not-lost-yet-jaroslaw-kaczynski-sanctions/

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