On Tuesday 19 September, the European Commission asked the Polish government to explain the corruption scandal and its impact on EU security after the Polish media revealed last week that Polish authorities around the world had for years been handing out visas giving access to the EU’s Schengen area in exchange for bribes.
The letter, sent by the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, to the Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Zbigniew Rau, and disclosed by Politico on...