Questioning primacy of EU law holding up recovery money for Poland -Gentiloni

FILE PHOTO: European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni attends a news conference on the economic forecast for spring 2021 in Brussels, Belgium, May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Poland's challenge to the primacy of European Union law over national law is holding up the release of 57 billion euros in EU recovery funds to Warsaw, European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday.

Poland, like all other countries of the 27-nation group, is to receive large grants and cheap loans from the EU to rebuild its economy greener and more adapted to the digital age after the economic deep slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic.