The fresh Eurobarometer (Spring 2025 edition) shows that 52% of Europeans have assurance in the EU, which has been the highest consequence since 2007.
Among Poles the percent is somewhat higher and is 58 percent. National institutions – government and parliament – trust much little people. Nearly 7 out of 10 respondents in Europe agree that the European Union is simply a unchangeable place in a troubled world. 88% believes that cooperation between countries and regions of the planet should be based more on principles.
The percent of people who declare assurance in the Union is higher in Poland than on average in the EU
– Our membership in the Community is stabilizing the Polish legal strategy – assessed by squad Europe representatives at the European Commission's Representation in Poland. And they add that it is not, however, that EU law is imposed on associate States that are already active in creating it. The percent of people who declare trust in the Union remains higher than average in the EU, but there is besides an expanding number of opinions on the threat to national sovereignty.
– We are in another place in Europe. We're in a different social place. We are a more diverse society. We're utilized to being in a place of freedom. We have a bit lost awareness that this is not something that is given to us forever, that this European project, a task to make a certain community, which is simply a large value, is something that needs to be taken care of all day, something to remember, something to talk about, especially with the generations of the youngest Polish citizens. We have a large group of people in Poland who do not remember any another planet than the planet of freedom in the European Union – says Newseria agency Prof. Anna Doliwa-Klepacka, from the Faculty of Law of the University of Białystok, a associate of squad Europe at the Representation of the European Commission in Poland.
We're inactive learning.
The expert points out that Poland's presence in the EU is crucial in the context of the legal order and acts stabilizingly on it.
– Let us remember that countries that were previously in the EU are more mature democracies, with a more solid conviction besides for the regulation of law and democratic rules. The societies are besides more acquainted with how mature democracy works. We're inactive learning. We are more susceptible to, I think, instability, but this is crucial to us due to the fact that we are a society that learns from best practices – explains Prof. Anna Doliwa-Klepacka.
The European Parliament, elected by citizens, is the main co-legislator of the EU
Regularly conducted investigation by CBOS shows that in the last edition of 2024 issues related to the primacy of European law over Poland and the resulting limitations were more frequently criticised than in 2014 or 2019. There are people who feel that membership of the Union is unduly limiting Poland's independence. This group has matched the group of people who claim the other (approximately 43–44 percent). As the expert emphasizes, it is crucial to remember that it is not the EU that imposes any rules, regulations, due to the fact that decisions on these issues are taken jointly, not behind the back of Poland and another associate States, but with their participation. The European Parliament, elected by citizens, is the main co-legislator of the EU, alongside the Council in which the countries are represented by the applicable ministers.
– We besides have any social stereotypes, for example, that rules are to be broken, in Poland besides legal rules. Let us remember, however, that this law is not our enemy, it is an component that helps to organize social relations," the lawyer emphasizes.
Deregulation is simply a trend besides visible in Poland
This besides applies to deregulation, which has been very loud recently. The expert points out that it is essential to observe the regulations introduced and then measure their effectiveness.
– Deregulation is simply a trend that is besides visible in Poland. I mean the regulation of Polish law and a certain request to look from a perspective, erstwhile we already have any experience and observations about how the regulation works. Sometimes this feedback is just that it is unnecessary or that it should be modified. This review of government for possible deregulation is besides a good example of this – 1 learns after any time whether the regulation is besides much, just in time, besides small and what to do with it," says Prof. Anna Dolwa-Klepacka.
The European Commission besides announces simplification and deregulation of legislation
The European Commission has already taken action in this direction. In February this year, she published the authoritative paper "A simpler and faster Europe" for the period 2024–2029, which announces, among others, simplification and deregulation of legislation.
