Poland’s Senate Passes Reforms in Defiance of EU, Left Wing Protests
by Virginia Hale Poland’s Senate on Saturday approved long-promised reforms to the country’s judicial system which have been fiercely opposed by Brussels and left wing protesters. To become law, the populist ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s draft bill for reforms — which would give parliament greater power to dismiss activist judges, and add a responsibility to consider the nation’s Christian values when passing judgements — now only has to be signed by the president, Andrzej Duda. The government contends that the measures are necessary to reform a Communist-era model which still harbours many judges from that time, and...
by Virginia Hale Poland’s Senate on Saturday approved long-promised reforms to the country’s judicial system which have been fiercely opposed by Brussels and left wing protesters. To become law, the populist ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s draft bill...
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