The European Commission “considers that there is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law in Poland”.

The European Commission “considers that there is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law in Poland”.
The decision is evidence of how Brussels uses rule-of-law issues as a “tool of political blackmail”, says Hungary.
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Joanna Kędzierska
Previous issues of concern – such as the rule of law – have been put aside amid the focus on security and the refugee crisis.
The Constitutional Tribunal was ruling in response to a request by the justice minister.
“Germany is blocking sanctions against Russia and the European Parliament votes in favour of sanctions for Poland,” says a PiS MP.
Polish ministers describe the rule-of-law conditionality mechanism as a “tool for blackmailing member states”.
However, at the same time he proposed creating a new “Chamber of Professional Responsibility” tasked with holding judges to account.
TVP subsequently broadcast news reports closely matching the request.
The signatories pledged to roll back the government’s judicial overhaul and end the “devastating conflict” with the EU.
Three quarters hold a negative view of the changes while 57% say they have subordinated the judiciary to political control.
The ruling was welcomed by the justice ministry but an expert says it “puts Poland dangerously close to Russia”.
Aleks Szczerbiak
Talk of “Polexit” may not cut through, but the loss of EU funds could be much more damaging.
It pointed to “dramatic and negative developments regarding the independence of Polish courts and judges”.
Poland’s judicial council is in “blatant violation of the rule to safeguard the independence of the judiciary” and “undermines the application of EU law”, says the ENCJ.