On Thursday 25 March, several presidents of political groups or parliamentary committees in the European Parliament asked the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to take action against Poland as the situation regarding judges worsened in the country.
In a letter co-signed by Manfred Weber (EPP, Germany), Iratxe García Perez (S&D, Spain), Dacian Cioloș (Renew Europe, Romania) and Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D, Spain), MEPs stated that they were upset that the country is disregarding several rulings of the CJEU and, in particular, has not suspended the operation of the new disciplinary regime as ordered by the Court in April 2020 (see EUROPE 12464/27).
The elected representatives are more specifically concerned about the fate of Judge Igor Tuleya and, additionally, the lifting of immunity for several judges who are also “ European judges”. They noted to the Commission that this is not just a Polish problem, but a European problem regarding respect for the Rule of law.
In front of MEPs, the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, assured them on 15 March that the Commission was doing its job and was preparing to take new decisions against Warsaw (see EUROPE 12679/23), notably on the muzzle law, which has been the subject of several reasoned opinions by the European Commission. MEPs called on Ms von der Leyen to furnish a “rapid response”.
Read the letter: https://bit.ly/3dbx2sI (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)