The dominant decrease home of Poland’s parliament has overwhelmingly accredited a invoice that might permit Russian-linked belongings to be frozen, ban the import of coal from Russia, and prohibit symbols supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a vote yesterday night, 445 members of the 460-seat Sejm had been in favour of the measures. No MPs opposed it, whereas the one ones to not vote in favour had been all 11 MPs from the far-right Confederation (Konfederacja) occasion, who abstained.
The laws was proposed final week by the federal government. It admitted {that a} unilateral commerce embargo by a person member state could violate EU legislation however mentioned that it “can not wait any longer” for Brussels to behave on the difficulty.
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The proposed legislation would empower the inside ministry to create an inventory of individuals and entities that help Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine – separate from the one held by the EU – towards which Poland would apply sanctions allowed underneath EU rules, reviews TVN24.
This might embody freezing their belongings, in addition to excluding them from public procurement. The federal government additionally desires powers to grab – reasonably than simply freeze – such belongings, however that might require a change to the structure. A separate invoice to that impact was submitted to the Sejm yesterday, reviews Interia.
In addition to banning the import of coal from Russia, the invoice accredited by the Sejm final evening features a prohibition on the use and propagation of symbols supporting Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, such because the “Z” brand, reviews Gazeta.pl
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The laws now passes to the higher home Senate, the place the opposition has a majority. Nevertheless, though that chamber can delay and counsel modifications to the invoice, the extra highly effective Sejm, the place the federal government has a majority, can overrule these.
As soon as accredited by parliament, the invoice would move to President Andrzej Duda, typically a authorities ally, who can signal it into legislation, veto it, or ship it to the Constitutional Tribunal for evaluation.
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Foremost picture credit score: Slawomir Kaminski / Agencja Wyborcza.pl
Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland. He has written on Polish affairs for a variety of publications, together with Overseas Coverage, POLITICO Europe, EUobserver and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
