EU’s Timmermans visits Warsaw for rule-of-law talks
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
19.06.2018 15:30
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EU’s Timmermans visits Warsaw for rule-of-law talks
European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans visited Warsaw on Monday for further talks with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Poland's observance of the rule of law.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (right) and European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans (left) during a press conference in Warsaw on Monday. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka
The European Commission, the executive arm of the 28-nation European Union, in December took the unprecedented step of triggering Article 7 of the EU Treaty against Poland, stepping up pressure on Warsaw over controversial changes to the judicial system by the country’s ruling conservatives.
Sławek Szefs reports that the aim of the latest meeting was to supply fresh information on steps taken by Poland’s authorities to end the dispute.
“I hope we can continue our constructive dialogue with a view to resolving the issue at hand and I’m prepared to work with [PM Morawiecki] and his government in the pursuit of a satisfactory solution,” Timmermans declared after the talks.