Duda accuses EU of showing too little solidarity with Eastern members

In an interview with the Polish Press Agency (PAP), President Andrzej Duda accused the European Union of showing "too little solidarity" with its eastern members. Referring to the criticism over Law and Justice's reforms and the refusal to take in refugees, the president said that "there is not enough solidarity in understanding the situation of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe." The president also  called on the EU to understand "the issues important to the sovereignty of states, such as energy policy and that of raw materials," in an apparent reference to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Nonetheless, he assured that he values the EU greatly. “I support the EU as a union of nation-states that cooperates especially in the economic field, without interfering in matters that should remain in the area of national sovereignty,” he said.