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Exit Poles? A bold challenge to the EU

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

After a court ruling in Poland that is an affront to a core European Union principle, Poles hit the streets—fearing a “Pol-exit” they do not want. Who will back down? Hydrogen has been touted for decades as a fuel with green credentials. At last its time has come. And the herd of unicorns popping up in Mexico.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

0:06.0

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

0:08.0

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:17.0

For decades, hydrogen has been touted as a potentially transformative green fuel, yet it remains in a tiny market niche.

0:25.6

That looks set to change, as long as the waves that it's harvested get a little greener too.

0:31.6

And the word unicorn usually conjures up images of shiny Silicon Valley companies, but startups are

0:39.1

reaching that billion-dollar valuation all over the world.

0:42.6

We look into the herd of unicorns that's popped up in Mexico.

0:56.3

First up, though.

1:08.2

Over the weekend, protesters thronged in Warsaw, an estimated 100,000 of them.

1:13.6

Poland is a member of the European Union, and the demonstrators wanted to keep it that way. Organes UNI European

1:14.6

European countries

1:15.6

...theirond...

1:17.6

...theircathes by the

1:20.6

Republic of the Tracta.

1:22.6

Last week, one of the country's top courts

1:24.6

defied the EU, ruling that Polish law

1:26.6

should take precedence in the country over European courts defied the EU, ruling that Polish law should take precedence in

1:28.3

the country over European law. EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reinders vowed to defend the

1:34.3

bloc's jurisdiction. Our position is very clear about the primacy of the EU law. You know that

1:39.1

over the past months, we have consistently recalled a number of fundamental principles of EU law,

1:47.5

principles that have been governing the Union from the very beginning is at the core of the Union.

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