WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A top European Union legal advisor argued Thursday Poland’s way of disciplining judges is contrary to EU law — a view the Polish government denounced as a politically motivated attack on the country’s sovereignty.
Those were the latest developments in a nearly six-year dispute between the 27-nation bloc and Poland’s conservative, populist ruling party, which has reshaped the country’s justice system to give ruling authorities new powers over it.
The ruling party, Law and Justice, claims it is seeking to reform an inefficient system and corrupt judges but critics see that as a pretext for seizing control over the courts.