(ANSA) - BRUSSELS - Brussels defends the EC's Vice-President
Frans Timmermans, who is coordinating the tense negotiations
with Warsaw on the respect for the rule of law, from the attack
by Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, according to
whom his country is not in conflict with the EU or the
Commission, but with Timmermans himself. ''We are sorry that the
minister of a government does not understand the role, the
structures and competences of the Commission, where all
decisions are made collectively'', said European Commission
spokeswoman Margaritis Schinas, who commented in an unusual way
on a minister's statement, explaining that she was forced to do
so by ''truth''. ''We would appreciate that the ministers who
take the risk of commenting on our role - Schinas said - are
well aware of the fact that the Commission is a guardian of the
Treaties and its decisions are made in the interest of the 28
member countries'''. As for the discussion on the rule of law,
she added, ''the Commission is impartial and ready to commit
itself again, as soon as possible''. (ANSA).
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