Poland threatens to turn ‘all our cannon’ on EU in rule-of-law row

Ruling party steps up rhetoric by suggesting it could unseat European Commision's Ursula von der Leyen

Poland's national-conservative government has significantly toughened its rhetoric in its rule-of-law standoff with Brussels, threatening to turn all our cannon" on the European Commission and if necessary build a coalition to unseat its president.

If the EU executive tries to push us against the wall we will have no choice but to pull out all the weapons in our arsenal" and respond an eye for an eye", said Krzysztof Sobolewski, the general secretary of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.