Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The European Union's executive has criticized Poland for exacerbating its conflict with the bloc over the state of the rule of law in the nation and the controversial nomination of new judges.
EU Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said Tuesday that "sadly things have not improved" in Poland and specifically mentioned Warsaw's move to swear in 27 new Supreme Court judges last week while the issue was under EU judicial review.
Timmermans said the least the Polish authorities should have done was freeze further appointments.
"In fact, they speeded up the process by nominating ever more judges," Timmermans said. He said he was also worried that Polish judges no longer got "unfettered, independent access to the European Court of Justice" with questions about interpretation of EU law.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
