Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that, for now, the government does not plan to file a complaint with the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the EU–Mercosur trade agreement.
During a press conference, Tusk was asked when the government would submit a complaint to the court over the Mercosur deal.
“For the time being, we do not foresee filing a complaint with the CJEU regarding Mercosur. As you know, such a complaint has already been filed at the request of the European Parliament,” he emphasized.
The decision to bring a case before the CJEU is made at the government level, while formally the complaint is submitted by a country acting as an EU Member State.
In mid-March this year, the Polish parliament (Sejm) adopted a resolution calling for the EU–Mercosur agreement to be challenged before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The lower house urged the government to file a complaint on behalf of Poland, regardless of the one already submitted by the European Parliament.
On January 17 this year, representatives of the European Union and Mercosur countries signed a partnership agreement along with an interim trade deal. Approval had been granted on January 9 by a majority in the EU Council, despite opposition from Poland, France, Ireland, Hungary, and Austria. The partnership agreement still requires ratification by all EU member states.