‘The European Union must be changed’: Poland’s main opposition leader floats EU exit negotiations a year before the country’s election
Source: Fortune ·
Kaczyński’s party led Poland between 2015 and 2023, leading to major conflicts with EU institutions over the rule of law and human rights.
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A year before Poland’s general election, the country’s main opposition leader suggested that countries led by nationalist parties could open negotiations to leave the European Union to pressure it to return powers to member states. “The European Union must be changed. This is my deep conviction, shared by my party and, I believe, very many Poles,” Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the national-conservative Law and Justice, said Wednesday at an economic forum in southern Poland. He said EU institutions like the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, have too much influence, but that upcoming elections in France and Spain, which could bring far-right politicians to power, could open the way for discussions about change. He offered several ideas for change, including having national parliamentarians monitor how often EU bodies break EU law. But as a last resort, he suggested that countries seeking reform could conclude a new treaty that would take effect at a later date while…