Poland’s opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party plans to submit a draft resolution to the Sejm expressing opposition to Ukraine’s membership in the European Union.
Przemysław Czarnek, the PiS candidate for prime minister, argued that the European Union cannot have among its members a state that openly refers to “the worst possible heritage,” referring to Ukraine’s official recognition of wartime underground resistance groups that were involved in the Polish-Ukrainian armed conflict in Western Ukraine during World War II.
PiS lawmaker Paweł Sałek said decisions on Ukraine’s integration are made in Brussels without the participation of Polish politicians, while bilateral issues in agriculture, transport and other sectors remain unresolved.
Sebastian Gajewski of the New Left party called the initiative “clearly a bad and unnecessary” proposal, noting that Poland, as an EU member state, has full control over the accession process and can halt it at any stage, making a separate parliamentary resolution legally redundant.
PiS, which lost its governing majority in recent parliamentary elections but retains significant influence, is currently the largest opposition force in the Sejm. The draft resolution is likely to be debated in the coming weeks.
