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epolanskiyesterday at 3:02 PM1 replyview on HN

> Poland voted for the wrong government... EU suspended funds until they voted for the right government at the next election.

I am polish, please *do not spread falsehood*.

EU funds suspension came because of Polish non-compliance with several EU laws.

Most notably the previous government had created a "new" government-controlled chamber of judgement that gave de facto the executive branch control over the judicial one.

Judges in Poland could be suspended and punished if politicians didn't like their rulings. Not only that, judges could be suspended, fined and even jailed over any public comment.

This created a situation where essentially judges where promoted, punished or cherry picked according to how aligned they were to the ruling party.

This was a blatant violation of Polish constitution as well as the treaties Poland itself signed when joining the EU.


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mytailorisrichyesterday at 3:18 PM

Well an euroskeptic government is out and a new as pro-EU as is possible to be (Donald Tusk was President of the EU Council) is in, so all is well... You may recognise a pattern that is at play in other countries both in the EU and outside.

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