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This R&D provides resources on the current state of European Union (EU)-Polish relations. Poland’s new Justice Minister recently compared German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to the Nazis in response to German European Union Commissioner Gunther Oettinger’s remarks that Poland could be sanctioned for passing a new law that gives the government control over public broadcasters. Polish laws that critics say are interfering with the impartiality of its judiciary have also come under fire and the European Commission will meet later this week to decide whether Poland should lose its EU voting rights.
Who will win and who will lose if #Poland’s #PiS turns away from the EU? Read @Judy_Demspey’s take: https://t.co/qHtq7utBTE
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) January 5, 2016
Poland’s Justice Minister: “I am the grandson of a Polish officer who fought… against ‘German supervision’.” https://t.co/DthdVaMUoJ
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 11, 2016
EU leaders need to act quickly to help preserve liberal democracy in Poland. https://t.co/CLxbp6nnAN pic.twitter.com/sJEtuuBcMB
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) January 9, 2016
Will the EU’s actions speak louder than its words on Poland’s new media law? – https://t.co/h0BGo7pQuT
— CPJ (@pressfreedom) January 7, 2016
Result of all the noisy criticism from the EU? Poland and Hungary’s defiant friendship https://t.co/3jNnUI8PEB @POLITICOEurope
— Jonathan Eyal (@JEyal_RUSI) January 7, 2016
The EU is turning its attention to Poland, Iran and the crisis in Greece https://t.co/ij9MY57fmc
— Intl. Business Times (@IBTimes) January 11, 2016
“They Want To Occupy Poland Again” – Merkel, EU Compared To Nazis In Latest Diplomatic Spat https://t.co/wG6rjzP9QT pic.twitter.com/MWc8gEe6jl
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 10, 2016
Hungary PM flags veto of any EU sanctions against Poland https://t.co/eJtaVrvWUy pic.twitter.com/L23knrkKZ5
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 8, 2016
“Poland is too big and important an EU member to be allowed stray into the “illiberal” democracy camp. ” https://t.co/yutJLfdQmT
— Kamila Paquel (@kamilapaquel) January 1, 2016
“It remains to be seen whom Mr Kaczyński and his party fear more: the EU, or Radio Maryja.” #Poland https://t.co/a7LLfk1QdO
— Annabelle Chapman (@AB_Chapman) January 1, 2016
Poland draws EU anger with new media controls and references to Nazi Germany https://t.co/ZWg761Dicf
— The Independent (@Independent) January 10, 2016