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EUROPEAN COMMISSION TAKES POLAND TO COURT OVER CHANGES TO LEGAL SYSTEM

... uses. What is more, the adopted law prohibits the courts in Poland from addressing the issues of their independence to the Court of the European Union under the threat of sanctions from the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court. According to the European Commissioner Reinders, the independence of the chamber itself cannot be guaranteed either. This means that judges may be threatened with dismissal, criminal and other prosecution, and reduced wages. This appeal to the court by the EC is not the first. In the fall of 2019, the Polish authorities (primarily the Ministry of Justice) have already received claims ...

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