December 21, 2017

The European Union is on collision course with Poland after Brussels triggered a “nuclear option” sanctions procedure against Warsaw, accusing it of “a serious breach of the rule of law”.

Poland could be stripped of its voting rights in the EU after the European Commission yesterday invoked “Article 7”, a clause added in 1999 to the union’s founding treaty that safeguards democratic rights.

In a row that threatens to divide east and west, Hungary has vowed to use its veto to block any sanctions by Brussels against Warsaw. Such a procedure has only been threatened in recent years against east European countries.

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/brussels-threatens-to-impose-sanctions-on-poland-ndqcj2ct0