The speaker of parliament says he will ignore an order by the constitutional court to halt proceedings to put the central bank governor on trial.

He accused the court, which is filled with appointees of the former ruling party, of 'unlawful interference' notesfrompoland.com/2024/04/25/par…

PL not a big fan of #treatychange but recognises #EU needs reform eg. more 'fair' voting system. Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 recognised flaws around unanimity on foreign policy issues&pledged gov will present constructive ideas to make EU more efficient Nicolai von Ondarza Daniela Schwarzer Shahin Vallée

Article 7 Treaty on the EU procedure may be ended in respect of Poland before the European Parliament elections - according to Rzeczpospolita

NEW: female army officers that reported sexual harassment... were hacked with #Pegasus .

Official confirmations from #Poland 's AG Adam Bodnar keep shedding light on more apparent spyware abuses by past gov.

LINK: [PL]: wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/zglosily-…

🇵🇱⚖️If all goes well, Sejm will hold the first reading of the draft bills on the Constitutional Tribunal this Wednesday. The recording of a March event by Archiwum Osiatyńskiego / OKO.press / Rule of Law in Poland on the proposed reforms is now available for those who want to get up to speed.

If EU had learned anything from attacks on judiciary in Poland and Hungary, they would react quickly and decisively to these developments in Slovakia…
Alas, I fear they have learned nothing.

During the Sejm session next week, the 1st reading of bills about the Constitutional Tribunal will take place.
How do experts assess the changes regarding the Tribunal?
Listen to A. Kustra-Rogatka, M. Ziółkowski, and Jakub Jaraczewski.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs presented Professor Marek Safjan with the Bene Merito honorary badge, which is awarded for activities strengthening Poland's position on the international stage. Photo: Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych RP 🇵🇱

The transfer has arrived according to Minister Katarzyna Pełczyńska

Poland's new govt takes an important step toward restoring judicial independence. If the puppet president vetoes it, Europe should understand that the rule of law is still under threat because the prior government entrenched itself to resist democratic change.

The new justice minister is leading an unprecedented democratic experiment The Irish Times
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📅30 years ago, Poland has submitted an application for membership in the EU.

The Sejm will debate the draft Act on the Constitutional Tribunal this week. The session of the parliament is on April 10th, 11th, and 12th.

The PiS party took first place in local elections, but the parties in the ruling coalition are likely to hold power in most of Poland’s 16 regions.
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🔥 Hot off the press!

Today in Verfassungsblog @joyo94 and yours truly present the conclusions of #RESILIO , a Institut für Europäische Politik Stiftung Mercator & CERV project, which took a data-savvy approach to analyse #RuleOfLaw resilience in the #EU27 .

➡️ Follow the link: verfassungsblog.de/strengthening-…

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2024)2 on countering the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).
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