This may include adverts from us and 3 rd parties based on our understanding. The Prime Minister of Poland arrived in the Belgian capital on Thursday hoping to make some progress in talks with the European Union, but his concerns were overshadowed by an incoming energy crisis. The East European nation has been at loggerheads with the EU over the primacy of EU law over Polish law - an issue that has sparked a major crisis for the economic bloc. The Polish Constitutional Tribunal declared earlier this month that EU law is not compatible with Polish law in a move welcomed by Mr Mateusz Morawiecki.
The ruling was slammed by Brussel's elite with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen saying it was a direct challenge to the Unity of the European Legal Order but she did not seem concerned enough about the further break-up of Europe to come to an agreement with Poland. The summit wrapped up just before midnight last night, with EU leaders having to rush through their dinner after being locked in hours-long quarrels, mainly over energy. Leaders spoke for two hours on the rule of law. It comes as Russia has been accused of orchestrating the continent's energy crisis by weaponising the flow of gas into Europe. Archaeology: Seven dead after curse fear over ancient body?
Scientists probe 'fifth force of nature' with exciting CERN discovery The EU relies heavily on imports of fossil fuel and Russia is its biggest supplier. Pundits fear Vladimir Putin has been turning the tap to gain political leverage against the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Germany, which is yet to receive regulatory approval. And Prime Minister Morawiecki took the opportunity to lambast the EU leadership on Thursday, claiming the pipeline will allow Russia to put additional pressure on the bloc by making it even more dependent on the Kremlin. He said: The sooner Nord Stream 2 goes into operation, the easier it will be for Russia to exert pressure by means of its gas. The pipeline runs directly to Germany, bypassing Poland and Ukraine in the Baltic Sea, which, according to some, challenges the national security of both nations.
Energy prices have hit many EU countries with such force that their citizens simply won't agree to raise them further in the name of some unproven theories. The climate and environment minister Micha Kurtyka has also penned a letter to the EU in which he called for action to combat the steep rise in prices. A global thirst for energy and dwindling supplies of natural gas have caused energy prices to skyrocket since the start of the year, leaving the EU in a precarious position heading into the winter. Mr Kurtyka wrote: The scale of the increase in price is unprecedented, with more than twelve-fold year-on-year growth. This is much more than the rise in oil prices during the Seventies oil crisis. The situation has led to calls from the leaders of France, Poland, Hungary and seven other nations to overhaul the EU's energy rules. Many fear Poland is now headed down the same route Britain took in 2016 when it voted to leave the economic bloc. Jeroen Lenaers, spokesman for the Group of the European Poeple's Party, believes Poland has proved as much with its direct attack on the EU. The Polish MEP said: It s hard to believe the Dutch authorities and the PiS Party when they claim that they don t want to put an end to Poland s membership of the EU. Their actions go in the opposite direction. The Polish government has lost its credibility.