Poland and the Czech Republic will not hold further talks on the Turow mine until after the Czech parliamentary election on Friday and Saturday, the Polish prime minister said on Wednesday.
"I think that until the elections in the Czech Republic we are not going to discuss Turow further" Mateusz Morawiecki told a news conference at a European Union summit in Brdo, Slovenia. "In a few days we should know the outcome the vote," he added.
The Czech side filed a complaint against Poland over Turów mine in February, 2021, asking for ordering interim solution of putting the mine's operation to a halt. The complaint was filed in response to the facility's planned expansion which, according to Czech authorities, could affect Liberec's access to water. Furthermore, residents of this border town, complained about the noise and dust caused by the lignite extraction.
After a request by the Czech Republic, the Court of Justice of the European Union in May ordered Poland to immediately halt all operations at Turów mine. Polish government announced it won't close down the facility and entered negotiations with Prague.
On September 20, the CJEU imposed a daily fine of 500,000 euro on Poland for not implementing interim measures and not stopping coal extraction.
So far, 17 meetings have been held between the envoys of environment and foreign ministries of both countries. Additionally, talks between local governments and the mine management were also held.
On September 30, Poland's climate minister Michał Kurtyka informed that Polish-Czech negotiations over Turów mine ended in fiasco.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters, PAP