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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12644

27 January 2021
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Rule of law
Judges must remain independent in Poland, says Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe
Strasbourg, 26/01/2021 (Agence Europe)

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On Tuesday the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a Resolution calling on the Polish authorities to “refrain from applying the provisions of the law of 20 December 2019”, denounced as an attempt to silence critical judges (the so-called “muzzle” law). Poland is also requested to abandon the changes introduced in the functioning of the Constitutional Tribunal and in the system of ordinary justice.

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