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Newshour: 19/10/2021 13:06 GMT: Clashes in European Parliament over rule of law in Poland

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Clashes in European Parliament over rule of law in Poland

19/10/2021 13:06 GMT

19/10/2021 13:06 GMT: Clashes in European Parliament over rule of law in Poland

BBC World Service - Newshour, Clashes in European Parliament over rule of law in Poland

Poland is accused by EU leaders and MEPs of undermining fundamental EU rules

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has accused Poland of threatening the fundamental legal order of the EU. Today the European Parliament is debating threats to the rule of law in Poland, where the Constitutional Court recently rejected the primacy of EU law.

Also in the programme: the Ethiopian federal government has admitted carrying out air strikes on the Tigrayan regional capital Mekelle – but is a peace process possible? And new research on the genetic bases of drug resistance in  tuberculosis could be a game-changer in the fight to eliminate the disease that killed 1.4 million people last year.

(Image: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki delivers a speech during a debate on Poland's challenge to the supremacy of EU laws at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France October 19, 2021 / Credit: Ronald Wittek/Pool via Reuters)

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