Poland receives 6.3 billion euros from the EU from funds blocked due to controversial judicial reform
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Poland has received its first major disbursement of €6.3 billion from an EU fund previously blocked due to a dispute over the rule of law, after the new coalition government began to resolve a dispute over strengthening the independence of the Polish judiciary.
Poland received the first large sum of 6.3 billion euros from the EU fund - previously, access to billions of euros was blocked for Poland due to a dispute with Brussels over the rule of law.
This was reported by UNN with reference to Polskie Radio and Seznam Zprávy.
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Poland has received the first major disbursement of €6.3 billion from the EU's COVID-19 economic recovery fund. Poland's new coalition government has taken up a dispute with Brussels over the rule of law that had blocked access to billions of euros in funds. The blocking of funds was related to a debate over Poland's fulfillment of several fundamental criteria related to strengthening the independence of the Polish judiciary from politicians. After years of disputes with the previous nationalist government in Warsaw, in early 2024, the European Commission turned on the green light - Poland is now eligible to receive €25.3 billion in subsidies and €34.5 billion in cheap loans from the reconstruction fund.
Poland has just received the largest financial transfer from the EU during its membership. Being in the EU is beneficial, but the Union is not just about money, which our predecessors forgot. We are united by values: democracy, equal opportunities, rule of law, civil liberties
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