Poland Shouldn’t Pay ‘A Single Zloty’ of EU’s ‘Unlawful’ Court Fines, Minister Says

Zbigniew Ziobro, Poland's minister of justice, attends a bilateral meeting at the Ministry of Justice in Warsaw, Poland, on Jan. 28, 2020. Omar Marques/Getty Images

Poland’s minister of justice says the central European nation “must not succumb to lawlessness” and shouldn’t pay any of the daily penalties imposed on the country by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

“The Polish state cannot bow to lawlessness,” Zbigniew Ziobro told reporters at an Oct. 28 press conference.