The European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled on Tuesday that Polish laws relating to the retirement age of judges and public prosecutors, adopted in July 2017, are contrary to EU law.
Poland has charged the EU's copyright directive to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) on grounds of its threats to freedom of speech on the internet, Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz informed on Friday.
Admitting that the rule of law means the observance of court rulings, the German Bundestag president has told the Rzeczpospolita daily that he has not seen a situation in which Poland has not observed Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) verdicts.
Poland has won the case in the General Court of EU against the European Commission regarding retailer tax. The court ruled on Thursday that the EC had made a mistake by considering the tax as state aid and annulled the EU's decision on the contested measure.
The Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki has told The Financial Times that this year's elections to the European Parliament" will lead to big changes for Brussels." He also criticised the EC's actions regarding judicial reforms in Poland.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday during a joint conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, who is visiting Berlin, that he is very happy that relations between the two countries "are so close despite a difference of views".
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