“It’s not just the heads of state and governments of individual countries that have problems with it, but also the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen – this is how Ralf Neukirch described in the German weekly Der Spiegel Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner for the Rule of Law, Vera Jourova.

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“It’s not just about value, it’s also about a lot of money.”

The election of a Czech woman to this position, as German commentators note, should have been a “goodwill gesture” towards Central and Eastern European countries. However, the Commissioner “is not in a state of détente,” wrote Neukirch.

As he points out, the activities of the vice president of the European Commission are about “not only about value, but also about a lot of money”.

In the fight against the growing authoritarian tendencies in Poland and Hungary, Jourova represented a more decisive and tough stance than von der Leyen.

– stressed the German journalist, who did not seem to “flight” in Poland for a long time, because he made a thesis on the “growing authoritarian tendencies”.

As the author of a commentary in the note “Der Spiegel”, it was Jourova who filed financial penalties for Poland and pushed for proceedings for breach of the agreement, while the Commissioner lacks competence in KPO funding matters.

“Even von der Leyen was unable to meet with the Polish authorities “

Ralf Neukirch points out that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in matters relating to the rule of law, seeks a compromise with Poland.

To prevent the EU blockade, but not only. The success of the Reconstruction Plan could be the start of a new EU financing system, which means more power for Brussels. The war with Ukraine, from von der Leyen’s point of view, was a good opportunity to meet with the Polish government

– wrote the German commentator.

That is why the European Commission – according to Neukirch – under pressure from von der Leyen – accepted the KPOs for Poland and then Warsaw and Brussels were confident that the funds from the KPOs would flow to Poland quickly. But, as journalists point out, the President of the European Commission made this decision “without consulting Jourova”, and the Commissioner opposed it.

Apparently no one expected a strong resistance from Jourova

– shows Neukirch.

It was the vice president of the European Commission who said during a July speech to the European Parliament that Poland’s legislation did not meet the “milestone” criteria.

It became clear that the money would not flow quickly to Poland. Contrary to Jourova, not even von der Leyen could meet with the Polish authorities

– emphasized the commentator “Der Spiegel”.

“Jarosław Kaczyński declares war on von der Leyen “

In the conclusion of the text, Ralf Neukirch claims that PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński “privately declared war on von der Leyen” when it turned out that “there will be no money for the time being”.

As a result of Jourova’s actions, the head of the European Commission could not make a rotten compromise

– underline.

Would a “rotten” compromise for a German journalist to pay money to Poland, let’s add: according to the contract?

aja / DW.com