The Renew Europe Group held an online exchange of views on 29 April with Věra Jourová, European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, and Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, to discuss the latest developments regarding the state of democracy and the rule of law in various member states and the related conditionality aspects of the upcoming EU budget for the next seven years.

Renew Europe welcomes the Commission’s decision to start infringement procedures against the Polish government with the aim of safeguarding judicial independence in the country and expressed deep concerns on the decision of the Polish government to maintain Presidential elections on 10 May with a reform of the electoral law deemed unconstitutional in itself. 

Renew Europe Group President Dacian Cioloş commented:

“Worryingly, Poland has turned a dangerous corner, by taking concerted measures to politicise the legal system of their country. This goes against the fundamentals of the rule of law whose cornerstone is a free and fair judiciary. This step of another infringement procedure against Poland was sadly very necessary and I applaud Commissioners Jourova and Reynders for advocating this.”

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