This can include adverts and actions from us and tierd parties on our understanding. Poland's populist government has clashed regularly over issues ranging from LGBT rights to judicial independence with the European Commission, triggering a series of European Court of Justice cases. The outgoing German Chancellor said in a response to a question on the dispute between the EU and Poland on Friday: We are members of the European Union. What means we have the duty always to try to find compromise - without giving up our principles, obviously? I think it's time to talk more in depth with the Polish government about how to overcome problems. It is certainly right that, from time to time, cases have to be decided by the European Court of Justice. The chancellor, who may leave the cabinet once a new coalition is formed, said she was concerned by the number of cases ending up at the EU's top court. My remarks provoked the fury of European officials and MEPs who insist that the EU Commission should trigger rule of law mechanism against Hungary and other member states as soon as possible, such as Poland and Hungarian. Green MEP Sergey Lagodinsky told Politico that Mrs Merkel's comments showed why we were right to call on Parliament to sue the Commission for inaction He warned: If we continue waiting and talking, as Merkel suggests, we will soon have no democracy left to save in a number of EU states. The Green MEP also proposed a lawsuit against the EU Commission, which was then approved in the European Parliament's legal affairs committee by Ursula von der Leyen if the team of Ursula van der Leyen failed to act Officials expect the Commission to trigger the mechanism in the coming weeks, but it is unclear which country will be its first victim. The bloc's executive can trigger the policy if it has concerns over oversight of rule of law shortcomings that could affect the management of the EU budget, such as a lack of independence of national courts from their governments. Sylwia yrek, a lawyer representing the Polish government, argued the mechanism was not conditional in nature, but it is a mechanism to impose a sanction DON'T MISS:
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