Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has once again challenged the idea of the primacy of EU law, accusing Brussels of attempts to infringe upon the rights of the national governments as he arrived at an EU summit on Thursday. Orban dismissed the idea of imposing sanctions against Poland over its decision to make EU law […]
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States that do not play by EU rules do not get ‘benefits of Europe’, France tells Poland amid row over law primacy
Countries that do not respect Brussels’ rules cannot reap the “benefits of Europe,” according to French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune, referring to Poland’s heated spat with the EU on whose law takes supremacy. Speaking to French news outlet LCI on Thursday, Beaune lashed out at Poland for its ruling earlier this month that saw […]
Poland will be punished for challenging EU law primacy, European leader warns, as Warsaw claims Brussels is devoid of democracy
The European Commission president has warned that Poland will face penalties for its move to make EU law subordinate to national law, after a Warsaw court backed the government’s defiance of Brussels’ supremacy. Speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said there were three options available […]



