Ninety eight not for god d. W. s november focus. This is d. W. News coming to you live from Berlin European Union clashes once again with polands right wing government the use Top Court Orders warsaw to mediately reinstate Supreme Court judges whove been forced into Retirement Court says polands reforms
which have triggered huge protests this year are a threat to Judicial Independence also coming up the killing of a powerful Police Commander sent shock waves through afghanistan and casts a shadow of a parliamentary elections this weekend as general is laid to rest voting is suspended in Kandahar Province. And in soccer the head office of buy in munich comes out swinging at the press a fierce attack against the german media in an extraordinary Press Conference and well hear why by on are slamming journalists for the treatment of their players. Well im terry martin good to have you with us the European Unions top court has ordered poland to immediately suspend its forced retirement of ju
hello i m terry martin good to have you with us the european union s top court has ordered poland to immediately suspend its forced retirement of judges calling it quote a threat to judicial independence holos right wing government has lowered the retirement age of judges from seventy to sixty five in a move that critics say is aimed at replacing judges with those supportive of the current regime european court of justice says all judges that have lost their jobs under the ruling must now be reinstated. the controversial law had already come into force here at the country supremes court in warsaw many of the twenty seven newly appointed judges began their work just days ago from the e.c.g. s ruling holt s the forced retirement of judges with immediate effect and reverses the retirement of those already forced to leave their posts. speaking in brussels the
and current right wing government of replacing judges with those supportive of the current regime european court of justice has now told poland to stop the lowering of the retirement age of judges from seventy to sixty five the measure supposedly targets judges appointed under previous governments the move allegedly by lates poland s provisions under the treaty. for more now let s go to brussels were barbara standing by barbara why was the polish law enforcement targets of judges so controversial. the european union has been watching what this government in the martial of those the right wing government has been doing since two thousand and fifteen and since two thousand and sixteen just a year after it s been a constant struggle of the about the so-called judicial reform that the government sort of put in action piece by piece it s a large number of laws and if you look just at some of them for instance the