Poland’s Mercosur Panic Exposes How Little Power Governments Have in the EU

Pressure is now forcing even Poland’s pro-EU government into open resistance. What makes this story so striking is not just the Mercosur deal itself, but the fact that Warsaw appears reduced to fighting an unwanted EU agreement through the courts because national governments can no longer simply veto it. Michael Heaver examines Poland’s legal challenge against the EU over the Mercosur deal, amid fears that it could devastate the country’s farming sector. He highlights how Donald Tusk’s government had previously ruled out such a move, only to reverse course under mounting domestic pressure. With the Polish Parliament urging action, the president pushing the government to act, and opposition conservatives accusing Tusk of reacting far too late, the episode raises a much bigger question about who is really in control.