During the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg, a debate was held on the Commission’s 2025 report on the rule of law.
MEPs from Law and Justice—Mariusz Kamiński and Jadwiga Wiśniewska—took the floor during the discussion and sharply criticized the document, accusing it of a lack of objectivity and of being politically motivated.
Mariusz Kamiński stated that the European Commission’s report “is a document devoid of any objectivity.” As he emphasized, the Commission is once again presenting a false picture of the situation in member states, guided by political biases.
“The principle adopted by the Commission is simple: if a conservative right-wing government is in power in a given country, then the rule of law does not exist there, and all fundamental rights are under threat. If, on the other hand, a liberal-left regime is in power, then we turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to any violations of human and civil rights,” said Kamiński.
The MEP cited Poland as a “perfect example” of this approach. He noted that during the Law and Justice party’s time in power, the Commission criticized the state of the rule of law, whereas it now ignores instances of violations.
“Today, with Tusk’s liberal-post-communist regime in power, the Commission remains silent on cases of opposition persecution and political trials. It remains silent on the unprecedented attacks on the Constitutional Tribunal and the Supreme Court, on attempts to dismantle the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, and on the departure from the principle of random case assignment to judges,” he said. “This is pure cynicism and a denial of the values that should form the foundation of the European Union,” he added, addressing the Commission representative.
Jadwiga Wiśniewska took an equally critical stance. In her view, the report “clearly shows that the rule of law is a term tailored to the Commission’s political expectations.”
“When a conservative government was in power in Poland, every excuse was sought to attack it—even though it was implementing measures that had existed for years in other member states,” the MEP emphasized.
Wiśniewska accused EU institutions of failing to respond to the current actions of the Polish authorities.
“And what is Brussels doing today, as Tusk’s government breaks records in systematically violating the rule of law? It remains conspicuously silent,” she stated.
The MEP pointed to a number of issues that were not reflected in the report, including: “the illegal takeover of public media,” “disregard for the President’s prerogatives,” “the politicization of the prosecutor’s office,” and “purges in the courts.”
She also addressed the report’s provisions regarding the conditionality mechanism, which links the disbursement of EU funds to compliance with the rule of law.
“The report calls for an even stronger link between the conditionality mechanism and the disbursement of funds. This shows that the Brussels-style rule of law is becoming a tool to combat inconvenient governments,” she said.
