Source: European Parliament
Priority question for written answer P-000969/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Maciej Wąsik (ECR)
On 5 March 2025, in an interview with Deutsche Welle, Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen announced a decision to organise a ‘round table’ assessing the integrity of the Polish election process and the presidential elections[1]. This news was met with outrage among the Polish public.
Electoral matters are directly regulated by the Polish constitution and are the exclusive responsibility of the Member State. Organising a ‘round table’ on this issue constitutes political interference that could undermine the election process or even the results themselves. The European Union has already contested the results of the democratic presidential elections that took place in Romania. Polish citizens are categorically opposed to outside interference in Polish elections.
As a Polish MEP, I expect this interference in Polish elections to stop immediately.
Polish election matters are for Poland and Poles alone!
In light of the above:
- 1.Who suggested this idea and on what legal grounds was the decision taken?
- 2.Who requested this decision and who exactly was consulted?
- 3.Who does the Commission want to talk to and what conclusions does it expect to draw?
Submitted: 6.3.2025
- [1] https://www.dw.com/pl/okr%C4%85g%C5%82y-st%C3%B3%C5%82-ws-wybor%C3%B3w-w-polsce-wiceszefowa-ke-zapowiada/a-71834431, (accessed: 6.3.2025)