Either European countries are individual nation-states or they are not. Do they take directions from an unelected EU commissioner or from their voting populations?

"It is now unfolding what I was fearing but was predictable. Poland does not want to change laws in the way we [agreed] in the contract, to restore the independence of the judiciary. We will not disburse any money…[until] they do the reforms agreed upon" pic.twitter.com/A027d3Fo7p

— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) September 23, 2022