EU court tells Poland to pay €1 million a day
The Hindu
Poland has been embroiled in a long-running dispute with Brussels over judicial reforms it says undermine the independence of courts
The European Union’s top court said on Wednesday it had ordered Poland to pay a penalty of €1 million per day for not suspending the disciplinary chamber of the Supreme Court.
Poland has been embroiled in a long-running dispute with Brussels over judicial reforms it says undermine the independence of courts. The row heated up in July when the Court of Justice of the EU ordered the country to suspend the disciplinary chamber.
“In the ruling issued today, the Vice-President of the Tribunal obliged Poland to pay... a penalty payment of EUR 1 mn per day, counting from the date on which this ruling was delivered to Poland,” the Court of Justice statement read.

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