EU INCREASINGLY UPSET BY POLAND IGNORING THE RULES

  Behind the noise of Brexit negotiations, the talk in the European Union this year has been that there’s potentially a bigger problem in the east. And the prospect of another rupture looks to be increasing.
   The mood in Brussels is that EU institutions can no longer stand by and watch a country that’s the biggest net recipient of European aid thumb its nose without paying some sort of price. Few people are discussing Poland following Britain out of the bloc, but a protracted conflict is getting more likely.

  This week, Poland's refusal to take in mainly muslim refugees was referred to the European Court of Justice along with Hungary and the Czech Republic.