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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.
Polish judicial reform goes against EU law
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May 7, 2021
LUXEMBOURG: A contested reform in Poland concerning disciplinary cases involving judges goes against European Union law, the advocate general of the European Court of Justice said on Thursday.
Advocate General Evgeni Tanchev said the legislation did not guarantee the independence and impartiality of a newly-established disciplinary chamber of the Supreme Court. The Polish law on reforming the judiciary, which came into force in February last year, prevents judges from referring questions of law to the European Court of Justice and creates a body that rules on judges’ independence without regard to EU law.
EBJ adviser says Polish move to discipline judges violates EU law News Courts
The disciplinary regime introduced by Warsaw violates judicial independence, an adviser to the highest states in the EU court.
The European Union High Court should rule that the measures imposed by the Polish law and justice (PiS) party to discipline judges run counter to block laws, a court adviser said ahead of the final ruling in the coming months.
In an opinion on Thursday, attorney general Evgeni Tanchev recommended that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decide that the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court does not comply with EU law.