On Friday 19 October, the EU Court of Justice ordered Poland to suspend "immediately" the law on lowering the retirement age of Supreme Court judges, a law that came into force in April and took effect in early July and which the European Commission immediately decided to challenge. It has also ordered a return to the situation prior to 3 April 2018.
After a letter of formal notice and a reasoned opinion, each with a deadline for replying shortened by one month, the Commission announced on...