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Poland's Justice Minister Bodnar makes closer EU ties a top priority

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4.99 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Polish Justice Minister Adam Bodnar talks about his country's steps to reverse eight years of policies by the previous government. Bodnar, a former human rights commissioner, wants to show European Union officials that Poland has turned the page from the Law and Justice Party. Restoring ties with the EU — and unblocking EU funds that were suspended over a rule-of-law dispute — are top priorities.

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to another MLEX special audio interview.

0:14.7

This is the series that brings you our reporters' conversations with key newsmakers around the world.

0:20.6

My name is James Panicki. I'm a senior

0:22.4

editor here at Emlex. It's great to have your company. Today we bring you an interview with

0:27.9

Poland's new Justice Minister, Adam Bodnar. As you can imagine, Bodnar is in the hot seat at the

0:34.0

moment as he moves to reverse the previous government's eight years of policies,

0:39.5

with many of those policies focused on reframing the justice system amid local and international

0:45.2

concerns. Bodnar is a former human rights commissioner and he wants to show European

0:50.7

Union officials that Poland has turned the page on the previous administration of the

0:56.0

Law and Justice Party. Restoring ties with the EU and unblocking EU funds that were suspended over

1:03.3

a rule of law dispute are now top priorities. Bodnar sat down with Matthew Newman, Emlex's

1:09.8

Brussels-based chief correspondent,

1:11.6

who writes about data protection, privacy, telecoms, cyber security and AI.

1:16.7

We had a few problems with Matthew's microphone, as you'll hear,

1:19.9

but the minister's words came through loud and clear.

1:23.4

And Matthew began by asking Bodnar how he intended to proceed

1:27.1

in winding back these eight years

1:29.4

in which the rule of law took such a battering in Poland.

1:33.7

I think it is extremely important point to start with this eight years reference

1:40.2

because I think we do not appreciate what doesn't mean for any democratic state

1:47.0

that for eight years you are facing the constant erosion of democratic institutions that some

1:53.3

of them are taken over in order to implement purely political purposes when the legal character of certain institutions is completely changed in order to

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