BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union executive said on Thursday Poland’s new law on Russian influence “continues to raise serious concerns.”
Despite criticism that it could serve as a tool to persecute political rivals ahead of a national election due this autumn, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda – an ally of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party – signed the law into force on Wednesday.
The law would, among other things, create a special committee to investigate any undue Russian influence in Poland.
A spokeswoman of the European Commission also said that risked putting Poland at odds with EU laws when the panel starts operating.
(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Marine Strauss)
