A decision by Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court to repeal a moratorium on the open-pit mine in the Polish-German-Czech border region of Turow has irked policymakers from the neighbouring eastern German state Saxony. Anna Cavazzini, member of the EU Parliament for the Green Party in Saxony, criticised the court for overturning an interim junction by a local Polish court, which in late May had ordered to stop mining at the site due to negative impacts on building stability in nearby regions in Germany and Czechia. Cavazzini said the decision was “not a good sign” for cross-border relations after the German town of Zittau and a Czech NGO had sued the mine’s operators. In contrast, Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki expressed joy at the supreme court’s decision, saying that Poland has “not allowed themselves to be blackmailed by eco-terrorists from the West, particularly those from Germany”, reports the newspaper taz. The court had made the decision on the groun
