Czarnecki to lose his EP post next week?

After the European Parliament’s main political body, the Conference of Presidents decided to propose to the parliament that its Vice President Ryszard Czarnecki be stripped of his function, his fate looks to be sealed. The group leaders decided by the required majority of at least three-fifths of the votes of at least three groups to terminate Czarnecki's term due to “serious misconduct.” A vote will be held next week and will require a two-thirds majority to remove the Law and Justice (PiS) MEP from his post. “The proposal by the Conference of Presidents is not aimed at Poland or the ECR political group,” the Parliament statement said. “The proposal simply expresses the opinion of the political leaders that Mr Czarnecki should no longer represent them.” Last month, Czarnecki in his blog post compared Civic Platform (PO) MEP Róża Thun to a Nazi collaborator who handed over Jews for money (szmalcownik), he used this word claiming that Thun collaborated with the EU by denunciating Polish government and its actions which, according to him were damaging to Poland’s reputation.