Five voivodeships may be left without EU funds
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The European Commission sent a letter to representatives of five Polish voivodeships – Lubelskie, Łódzkie, Świętokrzyskie, Podkarpacie and Małopolskie. It says that if local governments do not withdraw from the so-called anti-LGBT resolutions, they will lose EU funds that come from the European Structural and Investment Funds. The commission is expected to wait for a decision by mid-September.
The letter, which was sent to the marshals of five provinces, was signed by Normund Popens, Deputy Director-General of the Regional Policy Department of the European Commission. The letter shows that on July 14, the European Commission initiated proceedings against Poland related to anti-LGBT resolutions.
It was pointed out that since then, the provincial governments have not responded to the allegations and failed to justify why the anti-LGBT resolutions were still in force. The voivodeship authorities responsible for the administration of EU funds have not explained how anti-LGBT regulations are in line with EU law.
The electronically signed letter was published on Saturday by the Atlas Hate organization, which created an interactive map where you can check anti-LGBT regulations adopted by Polish local governments.
