A view of different flags of the European Union members during a debate on the"rule of law" crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on October 19, 2021.
That decision – made by a court dominated by ruling party loyalists – gives the Polish government the justification it had sought to ignore directives from the European Union's Court of Justice, which it doesn't like – particularly on matters of judicial independence. The dispute is largely over changes to the Polish judicial system which give the ruling party more power over the courts.
Referring to Brexit, he also said: “The British showed that the dictatorship of the Brussels bureaucracy did not suit them and turned around and left."Polish leaders say it's absurd to think they want to leave the EU and they accuse the opposition of playing with the idea of “Polexit” for political gain.
Morawiecki spoke soon after Poland's leading opposition leader, Donald Tusk, a former EU leader, organised mass nationwide protests voicing support for Poland remaining in the EU.The EU has no legal mechanism to expel a member. That means for Polexit to happen, it would have to be triggered by Warsaw.