Poland's Judicial Reforms Violate EU Law, Top Court Says
- EU court ruling on Polish Supreme Court overhaul is binding
- European Commission brought a couple of suits over measures
Supreme Court First President Malgorzata Gersdorf, who was recently reinstated in her position after a government purge, meets with demonstrators in front of the Supreme Court in Warsaw on Feb. 27, 2019.
Photographer: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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Poland’s sweeping judicial overhaul, which includes lowering the retirement age of Supreme Court judges, violates European Union rules, the bloc’s top court said in a stinging rebuke of measures described by government critics as a political “purge.”
The Polish reform “is not justified by a legitimate objective” and “undermines the principle of the irremovability of judges, which is essential to their independence,” the EU Court of Justice said in a binding ruling on Monday.