EU news: Polish MP slams EU plans to take MORE power away from states
Polish MP Dominik Tarczyński voiced concerns over effects a huge European Union reform drive could have on EU member states. Mr Tarczyński said that while he welcomed dialogue with Brussels, he feared the influence of major states could curtail Poland's independence. Talking on France 24 about the speech given by French President Emmanuel Macron in Strasbourg last week, he said: "We need and we want to have a dialogue. "As Poland, we want to have to integrity, we want to have sovereignty – which is very important.
FRANCE 24•EUROPARL TV EU news: Dominik Tarczyński urged the EU to stop ruling member states "like babies"
"That is what we are trying to say, that national parliaments should have more to say but we can’t have two or three countries ruling the rest like small babies." Poland has long had a fractious relationship with Brussels due to a series of controversial judicial reforms which enraged Commission bosses. The country's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) came under fire for introducing policies some critics say undermine democracy in the former Soviet state and are in direct violation of EU rules. In March the European Parliament voted to trigger Article 7 of the Treaty of the European Union – a procedure which could soon lead Poland to lose certain rights within EU institutions.
We can’t have two or three countries ruling the rest like small babies Dominik Tarczyński