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Roll back judiciary reforms or you will get no recovery funds, EU’s von der Leyen tells Poland
Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw
Poland must remove its "unlawfully established disciplinary regime" for judges in order to receive money from the EU’s pandemic recovery fund, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on October 28.
Poland and the EU are feuding over the former’s judiciary reforms, which, Brussels says, undermine
the independence and impartiality of the judges and thus the EU’s very fundamental principle of rule of law.
Poland opposes that view, saying that the EU is usurping power in an area that is member states’ sole competence.
Warsaw has ignored a number of rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which enraged the EU.
Brussels is going to hold up billions of euros from the recovery fund unless Poland complies, von der Leyen said.
“We want ... a clear commitment to dismantle the disciplinary chamber
[of the Supreme Court], end or reform the disciplinary regime, and reinstall judges,” the Commission president said.
“I think it’s doable I hope that we will reach an agreement but the reform
“We want ... a clear commitment to dismantle
the disciplinary chamber [of the Supreme Court], end or reform the disciplinary regime, and reinstall judges"