MEPs urge Commission to launch an infringement procedure against Poland

Brussels, 24 November 2020 - More than 200 members of the European Parliament, national parliaments, senates and regional governments, in cooperation with the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) backed an appeal to the European Commission (EC) to launch an infringement procedure against Poland. 

After a ruling from the Polish Constitutional Tribunal in October on the de facto ban on abortion, even in cases of severe foetal impairment, MEPs sent a letter to the EC, urging for the launch of an infringement procedure against Poland on matters of the “Constitutional Tribunal” as well  as “LGBTI-free zones”.

As EU citizens and European Members of Parliaments, we declare our heartfelt solidarity with Polish citizens resisting this situation. While the Polish government’s attack on the independence of the judiciary in Poland has been going on since 2015, we are convinced that it is more important than ever to finally stand up for our common EU values. Polish citizens are EU citizens and they rightly insist that EU institutions, in particular the European Commission, must defend their rights,” the signatories argue.

Read the full letter below.

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