Adalbert Jahnz

EC describes border standoff over migrants as aggression against Poland

Ylva Johansson, the European commissioner for home affairs, told The New York Times on Thursday that the Polish-Belarusian border standoff "is not a migration issue, but part of the aggression of Lukashenko toward Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, with the aim to destabilise the E.U." John Thys/PAP/EPA

The European Commission has accused Belarus of aggression against Poland through its policy of trying to push migrants across the Polish-Belarusian border.

EC will analyse Poland's decisions on Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber

The European Commission (EC) will analyse Poland's decisions regarding the dissolution of a disciplinary chamber for judges at the Polish Supreme Court, which the EU has contested on grounds of incompliance with EU law.

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