Poland: The EU's Next Big Test
The government’s proposed changes to the supreme court has angered the bloc.
Poland’s Senate has approved a controversial measure that would allow the government to replace every member of the nation’s supreme court with people of its choice. The move puts it on a collision course with the European Union that says the bill threatens the independence of the judiciary and the bloc’s values.
The EU Poland with the unprecedented step of sanctioning it with Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, a move that would suspend Warsaw’s voting rights within the bloc. But the by the ally, has threatened to veto any such action.
