Yeah, most international treaties on human rights are toothless because there is no mechanism for enforcing them. There will be no penalties from Brussels because EPP rules EU and KO (main ruling coalition party) is part of EPP, simple as that.
Yes and no. As an example, there’s an EU court ordering Poland to legalise same-sex marriage yet the centre-left government can’t even get it through the lower house of the parliament. Court can’t do much other than set some administrative fees that are so low you can ignore them. There could be some pressure applied by cutting EU funds etc but somehow it doesn’t happen to Poland. Curious, no?
Yeah, most international treaties on human rights are toothless because there is no mechanism for enforcing them. There will be no penalties from Brussels because EPP rules EU and KO (main ruling coalition party) is part of EPP, simple as that.
Wait, isn’t that exactly why laws are enforced by courts and not parliaments?
Yes and no. As an example, there’s an EU court ordering Poland to legalise same-sex marriage yet the centre-left government can’t even get it through the lower house of the parliament. Court can’t do much other than set some administrative fees that are so low you can ignore them. There could be some pressure applied by cutting EU funds etc but somehow it doesn’t happen to Poland. Curious, no?