French minister Beaune: Poland court ruling is attack against Europe

French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said a Polish court ruling that some parts of EU treaties are incompatible with the Polish constitution marked an attack against the European Union and that economic sanctions were an option. "It is most serious...There is the de facto risk of an exit from the European Union," Beaune told BFM TV on Friday, adding he did not wish for Poland to leave the European Union.

Poland's highest court ruled on Thursday that some parts of EU treaties are incompatible with the Polish constitution, challenging a pillar of European integration and sharply escalating a dispute between Brussels and Warsaw. The European Commission said the ruling raised serious concerns about the primacy of EU law, setting it on a full collision course with Poland's nationalist rulers after years of legal and political wrangling.

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