The Polish opposition submits a draft constitutional amendment in the parliament. According to the new regulations, the consent of a two-thirds parliamentary majority or a referendum would be required to terminate Poland's membership in the European Union, the executive vice-president of the Civic Platform (PO), Donald Tusk, said at a press conference in the Senate in Warsaw on Friday.
He justified the constitutional amendment proposal by saying that the statements and actions of politicians from the government party "clearly indicate that Poland's membership in the European Union is in danger." According to the draft, the termination of Poland's EU membership could only be initiated by means of a referendum, or by a two-thirds majority in both the lower and upper houses of the parliament, following a decision voted in the presence of at least half of the representatives, and the relevant provision would be recorded in the basic law.
The current constitution does not provide for Poland's EU membership, as the basic law was approved in April 1997 - that is, before joining the EU and NATO - at a joint session of both houses of the Polish parliament, and its adoption was confirmed in a referendum a month later.
Law and Justice (PiS), which leads the Polish government coalition, ruled out leaving the EU in a decision in September, and the party's president, Jarosław Kaczyński, emphasized at the time that Poland wants to remain in the EU as a state preserving its sovereignty.
Source: MTI
