The Association of European Administrative Judges, the European Association of Judges, European Judges for Democracy and Freedom and Judges for Judges – members of these European organizations questioned the amendment of the law on the Supreme Court, which, among other things, liquidated the disciplinary chamber of the Supreme Court. The new legal provisions were to guarantee the restoration of the independence of judges and the independence of the judiciary, a necessary condition for Poland to receive funds under the national reconstruction plan.

Complaint to the CJEU regarding the acceptance of the Polish KPO

According to the European associations of magistrates, the law does not fulfill these conditions. Hence the complaint to the CJEU and the statement that the purpose of the organization is to prevent the payment of money to Poland until it complies with the judgment of the European Court and reform the judicial system.

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Government spokesman Piotr Müller assured that Warsaw would react in a “standard” way, reports RMF FM. Müller explained that Poland would respond in writing to the reservations and doubts of the European judges. The subject of the European judges’ complaint must be one of the topics of conversation between Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and French President Emmanuel Macron. On Monday, the head of the Polish government will travel to Paris.

Acceptance of the Polish KPO challenged before the CJEU

The amendment to the law on the Supreme Court entered into force on July 15 this year. His draft was sent to the Sejm by President Andrzej Duda. As reported by the Chancellery of the President, the main purpose of the changes was to ensure the effective disciplinary liability of judges and representatives of the professions of public trust indicated in the law, carried out in proceedings before the Supreme Court.

The changes to the Supreme Court were expected by the European Commission, which had reservations about the reform of the judicial system in Poland. Among other things, he made the approval of the Polish National Housing Plan and the disbursement of funds from the Reconstruction Fund dependent on the liquidation of the Disciplinary Chamber.

KPO is 22.5 billion euros in grants and 12.1 billion euros in cheap loans, and the government could ask Brussels for the remaining 22 billion in loans to which Poland is entitled by 2023 at the latest. conditions – it could get around €2.8 billion in subsidies already in the third quarter of this year, and €3 billion and €2 billion in the first and third quarters of 2023, respectively.

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