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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday that Poland’s forest management law violates the EU animal and bird settlement directive and prevents environmental organizations from questioning the government’s afforestation plans.
Former Prime Minister Beata Szydło has criticized the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling giving environmentalists the right to question forestry management decisions, stating that it has less to do with protecting nature and is directed at giving foreign organizations the right to block decisions.
The ECJ ruling sided with the European Commission, which alleged that Poland’s forest management law violates the EU animal and bird settlement directive and that environmental organizations should have the right to legally challenge plans for managing forestry resources.
Szydło, a former conservative prime minister, said that the ECJ ruling has little to do with environmental protection and everything to do with the desire of foreign organizations to meddle in Polish affairs.
“Foreign organizations demanded from the European Commission that they should have influence over Polish forestry and the ECJ has given them such power, which effectively will block Polish decisions,” she said.