The newly established Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court is incompatible with the requirements of judicial independence established by EU law, said Advocate General Evgeni Tanchev of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in his conclusions delivered on Thursday 27 June (Joined Cases C-585/18, C-624/18 and C-625/18).
Reasons given: the role of legislative authorities in the election of members of the National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ) and the role of the NCJ...