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05/10/2022

Frank Bold Society: Minister Brabec is going to sell the Czech countryside to Poland

In the illustrative picture Turów mine. License | Some rights reserved Photo | MEDIA WNET / Flickr From the publicly available statements of the Czech representatives, it follows that the Czech-Polish negotiations have fundamentally shifted and that an agreement with Poland is imminent. However, the lawyers of the Frank Bold expert group point out that the content of the agreement does not seem to have changed, and the agreement is still not capable of protecting the Czech territory from damage caused by mining in the Turów mine. We know, ads are annoying. And we respect that you have them turned off :-) We will be happy if you support us in a different way.

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In particular, there was no reflection on the latest data on the several times higher outflow of water from the Czech territory. Thus, the agreement cannot immediately prevent a further drop in groundwater levels, which will cut off thousands of Czech families living in the border areas from drinking water supplies and dry up thousands of hectares of Czech territory.

Frank Bold Society: Minister Brabec is about to sell the Czech countryside to Poland

Minister Brabec is preparing an agreement with the Poles on floor plans that could be described as inspiration from the Munich Agreement. The result will be the looting of Czech territory by Poland. An agreement on this, prepared behind closed doors, will most likely violate the Czech legal order. Do we really want to hand over to our children and grandchildren our country plundered by Polish mining?" said Pavel Franc, director of the Frank Bold expert group. "The latest data shows that the protective wall being built by Poland does not prevent the drying up of the Czech territory. In addition, the Poles have no real plan for the reclamation of the landscape, the damage will be irreversible.

We hear satisfaction over the negotiated billion and detailed monitoring. However, these are not concrete measures that will prevent further damage on Czech territory. We already know that the only protective measure - the underground barrier - will not work. However, the Czech Republic does not seem to require further measures. The Czech Republic has already mapped that over the past year and a half the levels of illegal mining have dropped to double what should have occurred by 2044. Based on these findings, the Czech Republic must start acting and demand that Poland significantly expand and deepen the existing underground barrier without delay , which is not capable of protecting the Czech Republic from water depletion. Until the Czech water levels begin to rise again, the Czech Republic must demand restrictions on the expansion of mining to the Czech border. Another agreement is against Czech interests.

4 reasons why the current content of the Czech-Polish agreement is not sufficient

1. A billion for water pipes will not protect the Czech territory Water pipes will not protect the Czech territory from damage. It solves a situation where an environmental disaster occurs on Czech territory and thousands of Czech families find themselves stranded. However, both Poland and the Czech Republic have an obligation to proceed in such a way that such damage does not occur at all.

2. It is not enough to monitor the damage, it must also be acted upon. claimed to occur in 2044, after the end of mining. Not only does the water drain several times faster, but also in more ways that even Poland did not anticipate. The Czech Republic has enough data on emerging damages, but does not act on them.

3. The underground barrier in its current form will not prevent the outflow of water According to experts, it is already clear that in view of the several times greater outflow from the Czech territory, the existing underground barrier is not capable of protecting the Czech territory and it is necessary that it be significantly expanded and deepened. If this increase in the barrier occurs, but the levels on the Czech side continue to fall, it is necessary to limit extraction. Until the water levels on the Czech side begin to rise again, Poland must not expand the mine towards the Czech border.

4. The agreement is unenforceable without Poland's submission to the Court of Justice of the EU. The Czech Republic can only conclude an agreement that is realistically enforceable. In particular, the agreement must regulate a complete enforcement mechanism, which includes high sanctions and Poland's declaration that it considers the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU to be binding. But as we see today, sanctions alone are not enough to enforce Poland's obligations. Poland is a sovereign state for which no sanctions can be high enough. Therefore, it is necessary to show already now that Poland takes the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU seriously and will submit to it and to the European law that protects the Czech territory. The Czech Republic should insist on paying the sanctions and suspending mining as ordered by the Polish Court.