Hundreds of Polish coal miners have actually shown in Luxembourg versus the closure of a significant mine.
Around 2,000 militants presented a loud rally on Friday after the European Union” s Court of Justice made a decision to close down the brownish coal mine in Turow.
The EU court has actually additionally fined Poland for flouting the judgment.
However thousands of coal miners showed before the court structure in Luxembourg, asserting that the judgments were unjustified and also endangered Poland’s power safety.
Several miners put on yellow vests decorated with words “HANDS OFF TUROW” while others swung white-and-red Uniformity profession union flags.
The demonstrators additionally left a demonstration letter at the court prior to marching to the Czech Consular office to object Prague’s function in the judgments.
The Czech Republic has actually whined that the open-cast Turow mine has actually drained pipes water from towns near the boundary with Poland.
In Might the European Court of Justice purchased mine procedures to “promptly stop”. After Poland neglected the order, it was fined EUR500,000 last month for each and every day the mine remains open.
Warsaw claims that Turow and also a nearby nuclear power plant produce some 7% of the country’s power and also illuminate numerous houses.
” Closing the mine would certainly imply a large lack of power and also a calamity in Poland’s power system,” Jaroslaw Grzesik, head of the Uniformity union’s branch for mining, informed AP.
Profession union leaders better state Prague is simply safeguarding the rate of interests of its very own lignite mines in the area.
Warsaw claims it has actually supplied a concession to Prague, however talks have actually stopped working to bring a service.
