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29th Mar 2024

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Report: EU commissioners want to cut Poland's funding

Several EU commissioners have suggested cutting Poland's EU funding over its breaches of the rule of law, according to Polish daily Rzeczpospolita. They raised the issue during a meeting on Wednesday when the commission issued new recommendations to the Polish government. But the UK, in addition to Hungary, would block any move establishing that Poland is breaching the rule of law, the newspaper added.

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