Polish legislation on a disciplinary regime for judges is contrary to European Union law, ruled Advocate General Evgeni Tanchev in his opinion delivered on Thursday 6 May (Case C-791/19).
In early 2020, the European Commission initiated an action for failure to fulfil obligations (see EUROPE B12403A23) seeking a declaration by the Court of Justice that Poland had failed to comply with a previous judgment of the Polish Supreme Court, in which they relied on a judgment made by the Court in...