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Saturday 26 auguSt 2017

Row escalates between France, Poland over EU labor reforms

By ALISON MUTLER my confidence in (getting)
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA a positive outcome” on the
Associated Press rules change, Macron said,
VARNA, Bulgaria (AP) — A adding Poles “deserved
bitter exchange of words better.”
erupted between France “The (Polish) prime minister
and Poland on Friday after will have difficulty explain-
French President Emman- ing why it’s good to pay
uel Macron sharply criti- the Poles badly,” Macron
cized Poland’s opposition said.
to plans to change Europe- Poland is the largest source
an Union rules on “posted of posted workers, about
workers” — the cheap la- 300,000 to 400,000 a year.
bor from eastern countries Critics say having posted
sent to more prosperous EU workers leads to lower
nations. wages and fewer jobs for
On a trip Friday to Bulgar- workers from wealthy na-
ia, Macron said the Polish tions and reduces the tax-
reluctance to reform the es coming in to fund social
bloc’s labor rules is “an il- programs in wealthy na-
lustration of the mistakes tions.
made by this government.” Polish Prime Minister Beata
His comments came on Szydlo hit back, calling the
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev review the final leg of a three-day French leader’s criticism
the Presidential Guard during a welcome ceremony and prior their meeting, at the Euxinograd visit to Central and Eastern “arrogant,” advising him
residence outside Varna, Bulgaria, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Europe that has included to “mind the business of his
(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) meetings with Austrian, own country.”
Czech, Slovak and Roma- Later Friday, Poland’s
nian leaders but not with deputy foreign minister
Polish officials. urgently summoned a
“Poland has decided to French diplomat to express
isolate itself from Europe his “indignation” over Ma-
and its refusal to revise this cron’s criticism of the Polish
directive doesn’t change government.q

Hungary angered over Dutch

criticism, recalls ambassador

By PABLO GORONDI magazine.
Associated Press “We won’t settle for an ex-
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) planation behind closed
— Hungary is recalling its doors,” Szijjarto said, add-
ambassador to the Neth- ing that Scheltema, who
erlands and suspending was already scheduled to
high-level diplomatic ties in leave Hungary soon, was
response to critical remarks no longer welcome at any
by the Dutch ambassador Hungarian ministry or state
about Hungary, the Hun- institution.
garian foreign minister said In the interview, Scheltema
Friday. was critical of Hungary’s
Peter Szijjarto said that Hun- unwillingness to participate
gary’s decision was “one in a European Union plan
of the most radical steps to relocate asylum-seekers
in diplomacy” and that it from Greece and Italy. He
would ask the Dutch for- also criticized the Hungar-
eign ministry for its posi- ian government’s cam-
tion on the statements of paign against billionaire
Ambassador Gajus Schel- financier and philanthropist
tema, published Thursday George Soros and drew
in Hungary by the 168 Ora parallels between the gov-