Didier Reynders met with new Polish justice minister Adam Bodnar.
Didier Reynders met with new Polish justice minister Adam Bodnar.
Afterwards, the ambassador said only that “the US and Poland share a commitment to the rule of law and judicial independence”.
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The Polish government says the remarks evoke painful memories of World War Two.
It is the first ever EU-wide report on the rule of law in individual member states.
Its aim will be to stop the EU applying “double standards”.
Poland’s courts require further reform, including removing certain judges from the profession, says the ruling party chief.
Anna Wójcik
“Old” and “new” judges, appointed before and after the government’s judicial overhaul, are in dispute.
“If Poland continues on this course, it will join the hybrid regimes and autocracies,” warns Freedom House.
The EU says a tough new disciplinary regime undermines judicial independence and violates European law.
The epidemic has highlighted “the importance of nation states”, says the ruling party’s leader.
The Polish government argues the EU has no right to intervene and is “violating Poland’s sovereignty”.
A new poll echoes previous ones showing PiS’s judicial reforms having more opponents than supporters.
If Poland allows the EU to “impose” a justice system, gay marriage, abortion on demand and the euro would follow, warns Ziobro.
The church has recorded the biggest drop in trust since 2017.