On Friday 14 July, the European Commission announced that its First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, would notify the College of Commissioners on Wednesday 19 July of the situation in Poland and that he would take stock of dialogue carried out under the 'rule of law' mechanism launched against Warsaw in spring 2016.
On Thursday 13 July, Commission spokesperson Alexander Winterstein declined to comment on the latest measures announced on the evening of the day before by the Polish government...