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  • The European Commission said on Wednesday it was taking Poland to the European Court of Justice over a reform it says undermines judicial independence. Brussels is asking the court to make an interim order suspending the 2019 Polish law until a final judgment is delivered. EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders told a news conference that "the commission believes that the law infringes upon the independence of the judiciary in Poland and is incompatible with the primacy of the law of the Union". The move is part of a campaign by the EU executive to bring Poland and Hungary back into line with what it sees as European democratic norms. It accuses the two populist governments of stifling independent media and imposing reforms that in effect exclude judges whose rulings may not align with the views held by the ruling parties. The Polish law on reforming the judiciary, which came into force in February last year, prevents judges from referring questions of law to the European Court of Justice and creates a body that rules on judges' independence without regard to EU law. It also set up a "disciplinary chamber" to oversee Polish supreme court judges, with the power to lift their immunity to expose them to criminal proceedings or cut their salaries "The commission considers that this seriously undermines judicial independence and the obligation to ensure effective legal protection, and thus the EU legal order as a whole," the EU executive said in a statement. It said it would call on the European Court of Justice to suspend the 2019 judicial reform law as well as the disciplinary chamber and the decisions it has made in terms of judges' immunity. The European Commission, responsible under EU treaties for "guaranteeing the rule of law", started its infringement process against Poland in 2017 -- before the current law had passed. The issue has escalated through legal channels since then. The looming European Court of Justice case is the long-anticipated climax of that. Other EU countries and the European Parliament have sought to link EU coronavirus relief money to member states abiding by rule of law principles. But that Poland and Hungary made a pact giving mutual protection from such a measure. The two countries want the EU court to rule on the legality of that conditionality mechanism. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has argued that his country is standing up to an "oligarchy" of stronger EU member states, and that the issue at stake is Polish "sovereignty". rmb/dc/jxb/jxb
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  • EU takes Poland to court over law 'undermining' judges
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