Polish authorities react to the EC's request to the CJEU regarding financial penalties
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The European Commission's request to the EU Court of Justice to impose financial penalties on Poland is, in the opinion of the Minister of Justice, Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro, "another manifestation of the European Commission's aggression towards Poland, an attempt to limit our sovereignty and an attack on the Polish legal order."
In mid-July, the Court of Justice of the EU found the Polish system of disciplinary liability of judges inconsistent with Community law and ordered the immediate suspension of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court. Due to the failure to comply with the adjudicated interim measure, the European Commission asked the CJEU to impose a financial penalty on Poland.
Zbigniew Ziobro emphasized that the European Commission has no right to interfere in the organization of justice in the Member States. He explained that this resulted not only from the EU treaties but also from the decisions of the constitutional courts of many EU countries. He referred to the judgments of not only the Polish Constitutional Tribunal but also German or Romanian.
According to Ziobro, it is impossible to comment on the EC's motion for punishment otherwise than in terms of certain aggression, such as a legal hybrid war in economic terms.
"Certainly it cannot be that the European Commission will organize the judiciary in Poland because it does not follow European law," Jacek Sasin, deputy prime minister and minister of state assets, added.
