the independence of the judiciary. rule of law and justice party brought in the law retirement age 2 years ago as part of a package of reforms off the judicial system it makes about a 3rd of judges take on early pension opponents say the ruling party can then exercise influence over the courts by appointing replacements for the retired judges. now brussels bureau chief max for fun is following the story and joins me now mark fill us more about this ruling how did the e.u. use highest score justify its decision. you just mentioned one part of that i m reading lowering the age of retirement of the judges of the lower court but it s not just the fact that they lowered the retirement age they lowered it differently for men and women so the new retirement age for women is 60 years and the new