Newshound for 13 June 2022

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‘We don’t feel obligated to implement all milestones to unblock EU funds’, says Zbigniew Ziobro, current Minister of Justice of the Republic of Poland and leader of United Poland party. Although most of the attention has focused on the milestones relating to the judicial system, Ziobro notes that the agreement also covers issues elating to the environment, healthcare, governance and transparency. The United Poland party is opposed to some of these milestones. Read the article.

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The U.K. govt will present a bill to give U.K. ministers powers to override the Northern Ireland protocol. The EU considers this a breach of the Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement of which the Protocol is part.

You can’t unilaterally amend an international treaty by changing domestic law. If you could there’d be no point in having treaties. It get to the heart of the difference between two ideas of Brexit.
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This Friday, EU governments will vote on the Polish recovery plan. They know that the Commission compromise won't make the judiciary in Poland independent again. They must not approve it!"
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