Brussels vows swift response to Poland’s ruling against EU law

Ursula von der Leyen says European Commission will decide on next steps to take

The head of the European Commission has vowed a swift response to a ruling from Poland's top court rejecting the supremacy of EU law, which has thrown relations between Brussels and Warsaw into a crisis.

Ursula von der Leyen said she was deeply concerned by Thursday's ruling of the Polish constitutional tribunal, which concluded that basic principles of EU law were incompatible with Poland's constitution. I have instructed the commission's services to analyse it thoroughly and swiftly. On this basis, we will decide on next steps," she said in her first public statement on the matter.