By refusing European citizens residing on their territory the right to join a political party, Poland and the Czech Republic are in breach of European Union electoral law, writes the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Jean Richard de la Tour, in his Opinion published on Thursday 11 January.
The European Commission has lodged two appeals against Poland (case C-814/21) and the Czech Republic (case C-808/21), which only grant the right to become a member of a...