The Supreme Administrative Court overturned the decision of the lower court in the Turów Mine and Power Plant case. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki commented on the matter.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the judgment of the Voivodeship Administrative Court regarding the Turów mine. It concerns the decision of the Warsaw Provincial Administrative Court of May 31 of this year. on the suspension of the implementation of the environmental decree concerning Turów. The Polish Provincial Administrative Court, at the request of “environmental activists” from Germany and the Czech Republic, has issued a decision to suspend lignite mining at the mine.
Morawiecki: We were not blackmailed by eco-terrorists
In the evening, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki posted a recording about this issue on Facebook.
“We’ve made our point.” We have not listened to this bad, crazy decision of the Provincial Administrative Court regarding the closure of the Turów power plant and mine – emphasized the head of government and recalled that in practice such a closure could cost as much as 7% of would cover the Polish economy. Polish energy system.
“We have not been blackmailed. We have not allowed ourselves to be blackmailed by eco-terrorists from the West, mainly from Germany. Because Poland is right in this dispute, he stressed.
“And just as we won this dispute, we must remember that this fight is not over. That we now have a big fight ahead of us in October, when we must also show our political opponents, those who demanded the closure of Turów in the wake of demands from Germany and the West. We have to show them that Poland, which cares about its raison d’état, wins, Morawiecki said.
Turn based case
Let us remind you that in the above-mentioned May decision, the Provincial Administrative Court found that there is a risk of causing significant damage to the environment in the Turów mine case and the implementation of the environmental decision for the project has been suspended. At the request of environmental activists from Germany and the Czech Republic, the Polish court has taken a decision to suspend lignite mining at the mine.
A dispute arises around the Polish lignite mine in Turów. The Czechs were the first to stop mining.
In September 2021, the Court of Justice of the EU fined Poland PLN 500,000. euros per day for continuing coal mining at the Turów mine. The decision of the EU court was the result of a lawsuit brought by the Czech Republic against Poland.
When the Polish government reached an agreement with Prague on the operation of the mine, a lawsuit was filed against Turów by the authorities of the German city of Zittau. When the first failed, local politicians decided to try again.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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