Parliament adopts resolution on foreign interference in Polish elections
Poland considers any foreign influence on its electoral process to be an act hostile to the Polish state and will fight determinedly to eradicate it, reads a resolution adopted by the Sejm on Thursday.
In the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, 204 MPs voted in favor of the resolution prepared by governing party Law and Justice (PiS) MPs, while 175 voted against and 10 abstained.
The resolution was a response to the words of Manfred Weber, a German politician and President of the European People's Party (EPP) who, during a recent interview with the German television broadcaster ZDF, ruled out cooperation with parties such as PiS.
"Any party must accept the rule of law," he said. "This is the firewall against the PiS representatives in Poland, who systematically attack the rule of law and the free media."
Parties like PiS, he added, "should be contested."
The resolution voted on in the Sejm stated that the "combative" language of some politicians who "claim to be exemplary Europeans" as well as the "usurping nature of any ambitions to shape the political scene in Poland through external forces and influences" would be considered as "unacceptable interference in the electoral process" and would be considered "contrary to European values, the principles of democracy and national sovereignty."
Moreover, it noted that "the Republic of Poland considers any foreign interference in the Polish electoral process as an act hostile to the Polish state and will resolutely fight against it." (PAP)
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