BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Hungary called for the European Union to “respect member states’ sovereignty”, after backing a Polish court decision that EU laws were incompatible with Polish law.

Viktor Orban, Prime Minister, signed Saturday a Hungarian Government Decree, according to his press chief. This was in response to MTI’s state news agency MTI. It is a positive outcome for the EU following the crisis-stricken ruling of the Constitutional Court.

Ursula von der Leyen was president of the European Commission and stated that she was deeply concerned by the decision. The Commission will do everything in its power for the supremacy of EU law. [nL1N2R40LR https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-court-ruling-plunges-eu-into-new-crisis-eu-ministers-say-2021-10-08]

The Commission has been in conflict with right-leaning populist governments of Poland and Hungary over issues such as media freedoms, migration rights, LGBT rights, and judicial independence.

Both ex-communist nations, both of which have joined the EU since 2004, are allies and often vote in tandem.

Budapest stated that Thursday’s Polish court verdict was the result of a “bad practise by EU institutions”, which sought to remove some competences from member countries, but these were not conferred upon them.

MTI refers to the Hungarian decree saying that the primacy and authority of EU law is only applicable in areas in which the EU has the power.

It stated that the institutions of the EU must be respectful to national identities.

After Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki questioned it about whether EU institutions might prevent Poland from reorganizing its judiciary, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal decided to take up the matter.

Even with the differences between Brussels’s and the respective governments, Poland and Hungary continue to support membership in the EU despite the disagreements.