The European Union's executive on Wednesday started a new legal case against the nationalist Polish government over what it said was the muzzling of judges in the bloc's largest ex-communist country.
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s executive on Wednesday started a new legal case against the nationalist Polish government over what it said was the muzzling of judges in the bloc’s largest ex-communist country.
The European Commission said it was giving Poland two months to address its concerns about a law introduced earlier this year that would allow to punish judges who criticise the government’s reforms of the judicial system. Should Warsaw refuse to budge, the Commission would sue it in the European Court of Justice, which could eventually lead to hefty fines as well as a court order telling the Polish government to change tack.
The PiS-led government is considering holding the election by postal ballot, saying this would ensure public safety, but opposition parties and pro-democracy groups say such a vote, held at such short notice, could not be fair or transparent.
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