The ruling now brings the long-running case to a close.
The ruling now brings the long-running case to a close.
Documents would use the terms “first spouse” and “second spouse” instead of the current “man” and “woman”.
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Ruling party politicians accused the CJEU of “interfering” in Poland’s internal affairs at the behest of “foreign organisations”.
Polish banks’ shares fell after the opinion was published.
The European Commission says that Poland’s constitutional court has “violated EU law”.
The ruling is likely to have consequences for anti-discrimination rules in Poland regarding self-employed workers and sexual orientation.
“If there is no such money, we will go to court…Our lawyers are working on this,” says a deputy minister.
The European judges want to “prevent a decision to unblock EU funds for Poland” until concerns over the rule of law are fully addressed.
It is the first time the EU has ever withdrawn funds from a member state for failing to comply with an ECJ ruling.
Polish ministers describe the rule-of-law conditionality mechanism as a “tool for blackmailing member states”.
The money will be taken from Poland’s European funds if Warsaw continues to refuse to pay the fines.
Brussels has “serious doubts on the independence and impartiality of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal”.
Meanwhile, the National Council of the Judiciary has prepared a resolution calling on the CJEU to “suspend activity until doubts as to its independence are resolved”.
A Polish minister accused the CJEU of “abusing” its powers to undermine Polish sovereignty.