Duda appoints new Supreme Court judges ignoring court decision

“This is another stage of the judiciary reform that has been carried out, a very important one. It is, restoring the foundations of confidence in the judiciary,” Paweł Mucha, deputy head of president’s chancellery said.

Back in September, the European Commission sued Poland in the EU Court of Justice, arguing that the Polish law on the Supreme Court “is incompatible with EU law as it undermines the principle of judicial independence, including the irremovability of judges.”