Tusk likens PiS politics to Kremlin plan

The European Council President Donald Tusk accused the Law and Justice (PiS) government of failure on the international scene. “Intense dispute with Ukraine, isolation within the European Union, departure from the rule of law and judicial independence, attack on the non-governmental sector and free media - is this PiS strategy or the Kremlin's plan? Too similar to sleep peacefully,” former Polish PM tweeted. In a response to Tusk’s comment, PM Beata Szydło tweeted: “Donald Tusk as the European Council President has done nothing for Poland. Today, using his position to attack the Polish government, he is attacking Poland,” Since coming into power in 2015, PiS government has been at loggerhead with Brussels over immigration, logging of an ancient forest and putting courts and media under more government control. Last week, the European Parliament voted in favor of demand to launch Article 7 against Warsaw, which potentially could strip it of voting rights. The Polish government denies all charges from Brussels that it is undermining the rule of law or isolating Poland in Europe, saying it needs to overhaul Poland’s ineffective legal system and stand up for Poland’s interests in the EU.