Following the Commission endorsement of Poland's €35.4 billion recovery and resilience plan, MEPs question Ursula von der Leyen on this decision in light of long-standing concerns and persisting problems around the rule of law in the country. Closing statements by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vicepresident of the European Commission and by Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, French Minister of State for Development.

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (T)

EU - Poland (T)

ZACHAROPOULOU, Chrysoula (Renew, FR)

VON DER LEYEN, Ursula (DE, EC)

Recovery plan for Europe (T)

The rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan: closing statements by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vicepresident of the European Commission and by Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, French Minister of State for Development

SOUNDBITE (English), Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, vicepresident of the European Commission

SOUNDBITE (French), Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, French Minister of State for Development