Poland is being made a scapegoat by EU.

Earlier this year both Portugal and Spain threatened by the EU with fines as both nations spiralled into debt.Spain's deficit stood at 5.1 percent last year and Portugal's at 4.4 percent, and under Union rules both nations have failed to take "effective action" to bring them down.

Spain dodged a fine of up to nearly €2.2 billion, while Portugal completely side stepped a €360 million sting, based on GDP data for 2015. After much lobbying both nations let of ' scot free.' The message is thus clear, rules can be bent when it is politically convenient and you have lobbying interests on your side. Frans Timmerman, Tusks dutch attack dog has threatened Poland under article 7 with sanctions, unless PIS rewrites proposed amendments to the country's constitutional tribunal that some say will put Poland on the road to autocracy. "We do believe there is a persistent problem with the rule of law," Timmermans declared on Wednesday, saying he was representing the Polish people as well as the EU. "I will not drop this issue; we will pursue this issue until we have a solution." Timmermans opened his investigation in January initially giving Poland three months to reverse changes in the high court, at the time high ranking members of PIS viewed the veiled threats as nothing more than Tusks meddling in Polish politics.The Dutch commissioner could still recommend Poland be stripped of EU voting rights, but this unprecedented punishment is unlikely to win unanimous support from EU member states, who must take the final decision. Hungary's strongman leader Viktor Orbán has already vowed to oppose the move.

The European commission had planned to debate Poland's rule of law in January 2017, but the discussion was moved forward after an escalation in the standoff between Poland's democratically elected party and opposition.The EU is risking involvement in Polish internal political debate, which is a new strategy.There are obviously two tiers in Brussels those countries which are offenders and let off, those countries which are being victimised and threatened with sanctions.

What I appreciate in Tusk is his bravery to publicly admit his treachery and how he foreign interests hold above Polish interests. That was case when he told to Polish students why he f**** Yugoslavia and Serbia, despite opposite will of Polish public. Still, if he betrayed Poland once, how can anybody trust him that he won`t repeat it.

One has to believe Tusk is the one pushing Timmermans buttons, from recollection Timmerman was the person who wanted impose same sex marriages on the EU bloc, without any referendum...

Pis is an easy target because they step on so many toes. Also they are too fossilized for a modern world. You could tear strips off them all day.

Marsupial, its not that PIS is an easy target for the EU, firstly the EU know that over 55% of Poles are in favour of being part of the project unlike Hungary. Second, Hungary's Fidesz has more influential allies than PiS. Fidesz belongs to the European People's Party, the biggest political group in the European Parliament. Joseph Daull, the EPP president, once admitted that Orbán is the party's "enfant terrible". But the EPP has only 30 seats more than the Socialists & Democrats in the Parliament and needs to hold onto the 12 votes of Fidesz.

Law and Justice sits with the British Conservative Party in the European Conservatives and Reformists' group, which is only the third largest formation in the Parliament. PiS may have thought that an alliance with the UK's Conservative party would be enough to block EU action against Warsaw. Although the British government views the rule of law framework as an undesirable power grab by the Commission, it is unlikely to be a vocal opponent of action against Poland. May is negotiating Britain's exit from the EU. Warsaw is a close ally but May needs the support of other member states, including those that worry about the rule of law in Poland and Hungary. The British prime minister will also need a helping hand from the European Parliament to translate some elements of the deal it reaches with member-states under article 50.