Polish ruling coalition cracks show after EU budget compromise
Reuters
12/11/2020
WARSAW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Poland's ruling coalition faced another challenge after Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro criticised Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's decision to accept an EU budget compromise, although officials denied the coalition's end was near.
Poland and Hungary, both under investigation by the EU over their push to curb judicial and media freedoms, were blocking the financial package over a clause linking access to the cash to respect for the rule of law, but reached a deal on Thursday evening with the European Union.
Ziobro, who for months has called for a veto of the mechanism and heads the junior partner in the governing coalition, the more right-wing United Poland, slammed the decision as a "mistake."