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Britain & Poland outside the EU?

Paywall link & selected quote: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...ttle-brussels/

EU will not survive if Poland wins rule-of-law battle with Brussels, European leaders warn

The European Union will not survive if Poland wins its rule-of-law battle with Brussels, European officials have warned.

In an unprecedented attack on a member state, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Brussels would move to punish Warsaw after its courts challenged the primacy of EU legislation earlier this month.

“This ruling calls into question the foundations of the European Union. It is a direct challenge to the unity of the European legal order," she told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, as Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s prime minister, sat across the chamber.

“We cannot and we will not allow our common values to be put at risk. The Commission will act," she said, adding measures under consideration included withholding tens of billions of euros from the EU’s budget and coronavirus recovery fund or stripping the country of its basic membership rights.

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During a combative debate in Strasbourg, Mr Morawiecki hit back, accusing the EU's leaders of attempting to turn his country into a province of a greater state.

LOL double LOL. How can we quietly help Poland to succeed? And, indeed, what would that "success" entail? If their Supreme Court does not rescind its constitutional ruling then you can be sure the EC will try to force its hand through witholding financial assistance. But will there be unanimity among the Council of Ministers? Hungary would veto anything like that in the Council, but the EC will try to use their delegated powers.

Interesting times. Implosion is possible!