Advocate General Evgeni Tanchev has asked the Court of Justice of the EU to rule that the provisions of Polish legislation on lowering the retirement age of Supreme Court judges, which entered into force on 3 April 2018, are contrary to EU law (see EUROPE B11997A2), in its conclusions delivered on 11 April in case C-619/18 for which the Commission requested the accelerated procedure.
In his view, the disputed measures violate the principles of the irremovability of judges and judicial...