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Poland should get less from Covid-19 fund due to rights record, claim EU member states
attacks on the judiciary and LGBT community.The Polish economy has been one of the least affected by the coronavirus crisis and Warsaw has faced heavy criticism over its approach to the rule of law but estimates suggest Poland will still only be behind Spain as the major winner from the rescue fund.A series of analyses circulating among the member states, obtained by the Guardian, has enraged a number of governments, with the European council president, Charles Michel, lobbied in recent days by at least two prime ministers including the Danish leader, Mette Frederiksen, to rethink the distribution of EU money and toughen the conditions on funding.Initial European commission plans for a mechanism to withhold funds from EU governments that