EU launches legal action against Poland over court rulings

The European Union (EU) is to take legal action against Poland for violating EU law and compromising judicial independence, its executive has announced.

The action is an escalation of a rule-of-law wrangle between Brussels and Warsaw over rulings made by Poland’s top court, which this year found key elements of EU law to be incompatible with the country’s constitution, Xinhua news agency reported.

The European Commission announced in a statement it was taking action over serious concerns regarding the rulings by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal in July and October. These rulings “expressly” challenged the primacy of EU law, the Commission said, adding that Poland now has two months to respond to the complaint.

The Commission has serious doubts about the independence and impartiality of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which no longer meets the requirements of a tribunal previously established by law.

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