The European Commission is trying to block the possibility that EU money could fund a media academy in Poland, which is run by controversial Roman Catholic priest Tadeusz Rydzyk.
An anonymous EU official on Thursday (20 September) told Polish national press agency PAP that Brussels wants to add a new clause to an EU development scheme in order to decline a €15 million grant for the school.
The new clause states that beneficiaries must offer "masters or PhD-level qualifications" an...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.