But the prime minister said this is because of the legal chaos left behind by the former PiS government.

But the prime minister said this is because of the legal chaos left behind by the former PiS government.
Donald Tusk’s decision has been rejected by the opposition and legal experts.
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“Some of the Brussels elite” are trying to expand the EU’s competencies, adds the Polish government’s spokesman.
The European Commission says that Poland’s constitutional court has “violated EU law”.
President Andrzej Duda can sign the bill into law, veto it, or send it to the constitutional court for assessment.
Over half think that courts function worse than they did before the current government came to power.
The decision was made by a new judicial chamber established as part of its efforts to unlock frozen EU funds.
The trio accuse Piotr Schab – a key figure in the government’s overhaul of the judiciary – of abusing his powers.
The judges argue that the chief justice’s term expired last month, but she denies this and has been supported by the government.
Małgorzata Gersdorf, who led the Supreme Court from 2014 to 2020, has been a prominent critic of the government’s overhaul of the judiciary.
The three judges refused to sit alongside colleagues appointed after the government overhauled the judicial nomination body.
The Constitutional Tribunal contains improperly appointed judges who “infected it with unlawfulness”, finds the Supreme Administrative Court.
The opposition accuses the ruling party of wanting to delay the local elections for its own political benefit.
While Poland is willing to show “some flexibility” in negotiations, it “will not back down” from certain “lines that cannot be crossed”.