Supreme Court

Deputy minister casts doubt over EU recovery fund payout

Speaking on a Catholic radio station on Monday, Sebastian Kaleta said the EU had made no compromises in the dispute over the rule of law and that the bloc wanted anarchy to prevail in Polish courts, something he said Poland could not agree to. Rafał Guz/PAP

A deputy justice minister has said it is not certain that Poland will receive money from the EU's post-pandemic recovery fund.

Poland must fulfill milestones for recovery plan says EC president

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, has said that Poland must meet its commitments regarding judicial reform before it can receive money from the Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Jourova's statement was 'private' says ruling party spokesman

Vera Jourova, vice president of the European Commission, was expressing her private opinion when she suggested that Poland's amended Supreme Court law fails to meet the conditions set out in the country's recovery plan (KPO), the ruling party Law and Justice spokesman has claimed.

Removal of supreme court disciplinary chamber incompliant with demands, EC says

New legislation abolishing a disciplinary chamber for judges at the Polish Supreme Court, which has been at the heart of a dispute between Brussels and Warsaw, fails to rescind changes to the Polish judicial system that have been questioned by the Commission, Christian Wigand, the Commission’s spokesman, has said.

PM defends Poland's amended Supreme Court law

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has defended a new Supreme Court law scrapping a disputed disciplinary chamber for judges, a necessary step to receive EU post-pandemic recovery funds after a senior EU official questioned the validity of the amendment.

Supreme Court changes bound to release EU recovery funds - Polish official

Poland should still be able to secure EU pandemic recovery funding despite the lower house of parliament passing a bill scrapping a disciplinary chamber for judges without amendments recommended by the Senate, a deputy interior minister has said.

Lower house rejects key Senate amendments to Supreme Court law

Poland's lower house of parliament has rejected most of the Senate-authored amendments to the law on the Supreme Court liquidating a judicial Disciplinary Chamber in line with a ruling by the European Court of Justice (CJEU).

EU funds will help avert economic downturn says FinMin

The recently-approved EU post-pandemic funding of the Polish economy will help improve deteriorating economic sentiment, the finance minister has told PAP.

EC views plans for Supreme Court reform in Poland positively

The European Commission (EC) has reacted positively to Polish plans to reform a disciplinary chamber for judges that has been at the heart of a protracted dispute between Brussels and Warsaw.

Poland to receive long-awaited EU funding in Sept says gov't spokesman

The payout of EU pandemic recovery funds for Poland, which have been withheld by the European Commission (EC) due to Poland's non-compliance with EU rule-of-law standards, will take place around September, according to the government spokesman.

This site uses "cookies". By staying on it, you agree to the use of cookies.

Accept
Learn more