On Wednesday 29 April, the European Commission decided to initiate a new infringement proceeding against Warsaw because of its reform of the judicial system, which runs counter to the principles of the European Union's rule of law (see EUROPE B12476A17). At the end of the College of Commissioners' meeting, the Vice-President, Věra Jourová, announced that the law involved on this occasion is the ‘muzzle’ law passed at the beginning of the year, which broadens the framework of...