Poland’s membership has been one of the great success stories of the EU since the former communist-bloc country joined in 2004. Its economy has boomed. Its citizens have enjoyed freedoms and opportunities barely imaginable a generation before. Its security has been enhanced as an influential player in a club of friendly nations. These achievements are now at risk because of the Law and Justice government’s almost fanatical drive to hobble Poland’s judiciary, in clear breach of the constitution and now in contravention of its EU obligations.
自波蘭2004年加入歐盟以來,這個前共產主義陣營國家的加入一直是歐盟最成功的故事之一。波蘭經濟蓬勃發展;波蘭公民享受到了上一代人難以想像的自由和機會;作爲一個友邦俱樂部中有影響力的一員,它的安全得到了加強。這些成就現在正面臨風險,因爲波蘭的法律與公正黨(Law and Justice)政府幾乎偏執地阻礙波蘭的司法系統,其行爲顯然違反了憲法,現在也違反了波蘭對歐盟負有的義務。