The plans will help ensure “stability and legal security for citizens”, says the justice ministry.
The plans will help ensure “stability and legal security for citizens”, says the justice ministry.
Daniel Tilles & Stanley Bill
Though derided by critics as Kaczyński’s “pen”, Duda leaves office as Poland’s most-trusted politician.
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Andrzej Duda cited a man who had told him a return to hanging traitors would discourage such actions, saying “there is truth in these words”.
Krzysztof Mularczyk
Compromise, rather than confrontation, is the only route to a long-lasting solution.
“This is an unprecedented attack on judicial independence,” says an opposition MP.
“I get the impression that this is not about the rule of law,” said Małgorzata Manowska.
Igor Tuleya returned to court this morning after being suspended for almost two years, but discovered that he remained barred from work.
The new reform is to bring courts “closer to the people”.
Małgorzata Szuleka
The government’s actions have caused a legal storm throughout the EU.
Aleks Szczerbiak
PiS controls the levers of state power, but Duda could also carve out a more independent role.
But he promised that the government would continue tackling “pathological” elements in the judiciary.