European Commission takes Poland to court over ‘legal Polexit’
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#68WT6)
Bombshell' step in response to rulings by Polish judges that breach principle of the supremacy of EU law
The European Commission is taking Poland to court over rulings from Polish judges considered by experts as a legal Polexit" that fundamentally undermine the EU's legal order.
The decision to refer Poland to the European court of justice on Wednesday - described by one expert as a bombshell - comes as Poland's rightwing nationalist government battles to secure 35.4bn (31.4bn) in EU Covid recovery funds that have been frozen over concerns about government-influenced courts.
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