EU unsure how to sanction Poland over reform issue

Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska of the Centre for European Reform says the European Commission has little room to maneuver and might lose this battle with Poland. “If the commission does not respond, it would face criticism from liberals in the European Parliament and it looks weak in the eyes of external actors; but, by interfering in this political conflict, the risks of antagonizing the Polish public is the last thing the commission would like to have because of growing euroscepticism.” Gostynska-Jakubowska also points out that it's questionable whether the commission has sufficient democratic legitimacy to push through something so politically sensitive as Article 7.