Polis says EU is using blackmail to delay 36 billion euros in stimulus funds

This may include adverts from us and 3 rd parties based on our understanding. The EU s Covid-recovery package is a multi-billion euro fund that is part of the EU s long term budget to boost the economies of EU member states as they recover from the pandemic. But Brussels has clashed with Poland over the defiance of the bloc's legal order, or the rule of law, and has been excluded from the fund as a result. The EU has also threatened to slap sanctions on Poland over a ruling by its highest court that some parts of EU law are incompatible with the Polish constitution.

But Poland has found a way to hit back at the EU. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday that the EU was using blackmail to delay 36 billion euros in stimulus funds. And Waldemar Buda, deputy minister of EU funds and regional development for Poland, said on Wednesday that there are several reasons for Poland to block the EU climate pact in its current form. He said: It should be on our terms. The Climate pact is an EU-wide initiative that invites member states and their country s organisations to participate in climate action and build a greener Europe.