Timmermans: Finding solution to crisis is urgent matter

Vice president of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans said on Wednesday in Brussels, after a meeting with commissioners, that finding a solution to the constitutional crisis in Poland is an urgent matter and he called for the publication of the rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal. “I do believe a solution is urgent, and the starting point for dialogue should be full respect of the constitutional framework, which means the publication and implementation of the rulings of the constitutional court,” said Frans Timmermans. "The last thing we need is the matter to drag on incessantly, to have a paralyzed legal system in a EU member country. It will harm Poland and the EU," Timmermans added. On Tuesday, Timmermans visited Warsaw, where he met with Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski and head of the tribunal, Andrzej Rzepliński. "There is room for dialogue and room to find a solution (to the crisis)," he said yesterday. Despite that, the crisis shows no sign of abating, as Ziobro urged Rzepliński in a letter to adhere to the legislation or face a legal review by his office. The court’s head called the letter “a threat” directed against the court’s judges.