6/17/2023 0 Comments Change order of bloc in blocs appGentiloni said the commission, which proposes EU laws and supervises the way they are applied, considers that the Polish court “no longer meets the requirements of an independent and impartial tribunal established by law as required by the (EU) treaty.” In launching its legal action, the EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, said that it sees two constitutional tribunal decisions this year as “expressly challenging the primacy of EU law.” The commission also raised doubts about the court’s legitimacy.Īnnouncing the move, Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said the rulings “are in breach of the general principles of autonomy, primacy, effectiveness and uniform application of Union law and the binding effect of rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union.” The European Court of Justice is the supreme arbiter of those rules. ![]() When countries join the EU, as Poland did in 2004, they must bring their laws into line with the bloc’s regulations. In October, Poland’s constitutional court ruled that Polish laws have supremacy over those of the EU in areas where they conflict. ![]() BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union on Wednesday launched legal action against Poland over recent decisions by one of the country’s top courts which have raised troubling questions about the 27-nation bloc’s legal order.
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