The story so far: The people of Poland handed a resounding majority to a multi-party Opposition coalition in the parliament’s lower house on October 15, in a record 74.4% turnout. Despite repeatedly falling fowl of Europe’s top court, Poland’s constitutional tribunal ruled, in a case brought by the Prime Minister Mateusz Morawieki, that parts of the EU law were not …
European Commission brought case over 2019 changes that bar Polish courts from applying EU law in some cases. The European Court of Justice, the European Union’s highest court, has ruled that Poland’s 2019 justice reforms infringe the bloc’s rule of law. On Monday, the Luxembourg-based ECJ said Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party’s judicial reforms were damaging the independence of …
The EU announced on Wednesday it is launching legal action against Poland for ignoring European Union law and undermining the independence of its national judiciary. EU economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said the infringement proceedings targeted Poland for breaching the primacy of EU law and for deciding that certain articles of EU treaties were incompatible with Polish laws. Poland’s Deputy Justice …
Poland says the EU’s decision reflects a trend towards ‘bureaucratic centralism’ in Brussels that ‘has to be stopped’. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Wednesday said the EU’s decision reflected a trend towards “bureaucratic centralism” in Brussels that “has to be stopped”. Attack on sovereignty Poland’s Deputy Justice Minister Sebastian Kaleta hit back by calling the EU announcement “an attack …
