On Thursday, 11 December, the European Commission announced it had decided to bring Poland before the Court of Justice of the European Union for incorrectly transposing the 2013 Directive that defines the minimum rules on the right of access to a lawyer and to communicate in the event of arrest into national law.
Despite the letter of formal notice sent in May 2024 and the reasoned opinion sent a year later, the Member State has reportedly not taken the necessary steps to resolve the...