The European Commission of the EU (European Union) announced today (September 24, 2018) that it is taking Poland to the EU's highest court over the Polish government's changes to a law on the Supreme Court, which infringes the independence of the judiciary, according to the Euro News website.
"The European Commission decided to refer Poland to the Court of Justice of the EU due to the violations of the principle of judicial independence created by the new Polish law on the Supreme Court, and to ask the Court to order interim measures until it has issued a judgment on the case," the Commission said in a statement.
Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva told a news briefing that the EU executive had asked to suspend early retirement for the judges of Poland's Supreme Court as well as the appointment of new judges in their place. The new laws, in effect, allow the Polish government to control the judiciary.
Warsaw claims that its reforms improve efficiency and accountability -- by removing judges who prospered under the communist regime more than 30 years ago.
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