In an opinion delivered on Thursday, 2 March, the advocate general of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) felt that the mechanism allowing Polish judges to remain in office beyond retirement age does not offer sufficient guarantees of independence (Case C-718/21).
In Poland, a judge who has reached retirement age is challenging the decision of the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) to refuse to extend his term of office on the grounds that his application was submitted after the...