Polish leader rejects EU critique, sees no exit referendum - Bild


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 Jul 2016

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of ruling party Law and Justice attends a news conference about Brexit in party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of Poland's ruling eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS) party on Thursday rejected a European Union disciplinary procedure that is pressuring the government, and said the European Commission was overstepping its bounds.

The commission on Wednesday gave Poland three months to boost the powers of its constitutional tribunal, the next step in a procedure that could lead to the suspension of Warsaw's EU voting rights and the freezing of its EU funds.

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