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Add as preferred source on GooglePolish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill easing wind farm regulations, citing blackmail over its inclusion with an energy price freeze.
WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill meant to ease rules for building onshore wind farms on Thursday, saying that a government decision to bundle it together with a freeze on energy prices amounted to "blackmail".
The accusation is the latest salvo in a battle with the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, an arch rival of the president's allies in the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party.
The bill would have cut the distance required between planned installations and residential locations, while keeping permitting more restrictive for projects close to protected natural areas. It included incentives for municipalities and homeowners in areas located close to new wind farms.
It also included a clause that would have frozen energy prices for households until the end of the year.
Nawrocki, who opposes easing the wind farm regulations but is in favour of an energy price freeze, objected to the two elements being combined in one bill.
"There is one bill that I have ... unequivocally decided to veto," Nawrocki told a news conference.
"The wind farm bill ... is a form of blackmail by the parliamentary majority and the government, not only against the President of the Republic of Poland, but also against society," he said.
Nawrocki said he would propose a new bill that would copy the price freeze section of the vetoed legislation while dropping the wind farm elements.
Energy Minister Milosz Motyka responded to the veto, writing on X that Poland needed to unlock "the potential offered by cheap energy sources."
"President Nawrocki's veto of the law guaranteeing low energy prices is a blow to Polish families, industry, energy security, and the entire economy," he wrote.
(Reporting by Alan Charlish, Anna Koper, and Karol Badohal; Editing by Joe Bavier)
President Nawrocki vetoed a bill aimed at easing regulations for building onshore wind farms in Poland.
The bill sought to reduce the distance required between wind farm installations and residential areas while including a clause to freeze energy prices for households.
Nawrocki opposed the easing of wind farm regulations but supported the energy price freeze, objecting to the combination of both elements in one bill.
Energy Minister Milosz Motyka criticized the veto, stating that Poland needed to unlock the potential of cheap energy sources.
Nawrocki plans to propose a new bill that will retain the energy price freeze while eliminating the wind farm provisions.
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