Polish Judicial Overhaul Gets New Setback in EU Court Ruling
- EU top court rules on independence of disciplinary authority
- Dispute is over key part of government changes to tribunals
Poland’s Supreme Court in Warsaw.
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Poland’s populist government suffered another blow to its sweeping judicial reforms after the European Union’s highest court raised fresh concerns about the independence of judges.
The EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg said it was up to Poland’s Supreme Court to decide if a new disciplinary body for judges was autonomous from political influence, leaving the fate of the key element of the government’s judicial overhaul in the hands of its critics.