On Wednesday 19 July, the European Commission issued a clear threat to Poland to launch against it the procedure laid down in article 7 of the Treaty in response to the serious infringements of the rule of law it has observed in the country (see EUROPE 11829).
Noting that the recent measures presented by the Polish government in the judicial field have greatly amplified this threat to the rule of law in Poland, the First Vice-President of the Commission, Frans Timmermans, said that the...