Poland’s First EU Fight Is Brewing and It’s Not What You Think

The Law & Justice party, which is on course for an unprecedented parliamentary majority, will fight for special treatment under the European Union climate pact, according to Konrad Szymanski, the likely next minister responsible for EU affairs. As the continent’s largest producer of coal, Poland wants concessions going beyond what European leaders decided last year or it will seek an opt-out from the pact.

“I thought that migration is the most difficult issue in Europe but now it looks like it’s going to be climate policies,” Szymanski said in an interview in Warsaw two days before the Oct. 25 election. “With regard to migration, Europe is moving toward pragmatism. In climate, I can’t see an acceptable solution at this moment.”