EU heads of state and government knew they would not resolve Poland's dispute with the EU institutions over the Rule of law on Thursday 21 October, a week after the Polish Constitutional Tribunal challenged the primacy of EU law (see EUROPE B12807A1, B12808A1).
European Council President Charles Michel, who did not speak to the press after the first working session of the European Council, floated the idea of a calm discussion on this divisive issue, e contrario to the debate on the...