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In the midst of the biggest refugee crisis since the second World War, the European Union has leveled sanctions on Hungary and Poland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The stated reasons came in a <\/span>press release<\/span><\/a>\u00a0claiming that the withholding of EU funds was due to violations of the rule of law. “Parliament stresses that it is ‘high time’ for the Commission to fulfill its duties as the guardian of the EU Treaties and react to the ongoing violations of the principles of the rule of law in some EU member states, which pose a danger to the European Union\u2019s financial interests,” read the statement in part. It goes on to say that \u201ctaxpayers\u2019 money needs to be protected against those who undermine the EU\u2019s values.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It also states that EU funds must be protected from countries that undermine the EU\u2019s \u201cliberal democratic values.”<\/p>\n

Poland has previously butted heads with Brussels, notably over the country\u2019s <\/span>ban on eugenic abortions<\/span><\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0which the EU Parliament “strongly condemned.” Abortion is mostly illegal in Poland, except in instances of rape or incest or when the mother’s life is at risk. In 2021, however, the EU Parliament <\/span>passed a resolution<\/span><\/a> in which abortion was declared a \u201chuman right,\u201d and laws preventing abortion \u201ca form of gender-based violence,\u201d suggesting that such laws should be <\/span>criminalized<\/span><\/a>. MEP Fred Mati\u0107 <\/span>likened pro-lifers to flat-earthers<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the current clash with Poland began with a 2017 Polish law that created a body that could <\/span>punish judges for their rulings<\/span><\/a>, ostensibly to rid the branch of communist influences. The EU criticized the country, saying the move would undermine democratic tenets by undermining the impartiality of the courts. In February of 2022, Polish President Andrzej Duda <\/span>proposed legislation to scrap the changes<\/span><\/a>, but the EU remained skeptical of the move, and <\/span>one day after<\/span><\/a> it imposed sanctions on Russia, the European Parliament voted 478-155 in favor of sanctions on Poland. <\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, the country has not received its portion of the Recovery Fund, intended to boost the economy after the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sanctions came at a time when 3.9 million people have fled Ukraine in the midst of war. According to the <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, as of March 21st, 2,113,554 people have taken refuge in neighboring Poland, and 317,863 in Hungary. <\/span>Polish officials<\/span><\/a> have been begging for aid as resources are beginning to be stretched thin with no signs of the influx of refugees ending soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Poland faces harassment from the European Court of Human Rights<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2015, we had 300,000 to 400,000 people coming into Europe every month. We just had 300,000 people come into Warsaw in three weeks,\u201d said Warsaw\u2019s Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski said to the <\/span>Washington Post<\/span><\/a>. \u201cWe want to take everyone who needs help, but how many kids can we take into schools? How can we do everything we can so the health system doesn\u2019t break down in our city?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, the <\/span>Guardian<\/span><\/a> reported that the European Commission may be releasing the frozen COVID relief funds if the country continues on its track to scrap the judicial disciplinary body. There is a strong willingness from the commission to unblock it,\u201d an unnamed official said, adding that it could be a matter of weeks before the country receives aid. But another spokesman told the outlet, \u201cWhat matters here is quality over speed, in particular, since we can reasonably expect any steps we take to be challenged at court,\u201d suggesting the process could take longer than expected, leaving the country to shoulder the burden alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the midst of the biggest refugee crisis since the second World War, the European Union has leveled sanctions on Hungary and Poland.\u00a0 The stated reasons came in a press release\u00a0claiming that the withholding of EU funds was due to violations of the rule of law. “Parliament stresses that it is ‘high time’ for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":248396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5,3473,11],"tags":[19,13555,10350,1275,1953,3712,3833,10953],"yoast_head":"\nEU votes to sanction pro-life Poland in the middle of Ukrainian refugee crisis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The European Union has placed sanctions on Poland and said EU funds must be withheld from countries that undermine the EU\u2019s \u201cliberal democratic values."\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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