WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister said Thursday she doesn’t believe the European Union will impose sanctions on the country over its new laws that have been criticized as running counter to the bloc’s principle of the rule of law.
In December, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, which took power in November and has a parliamentary majority, took steps to gain influence in the constitutional tribunal, which is supposed to be an independent arbiter with the power to block government legislation, but is currently dominated by judges linked to the opposition.
[…] Poland’s president signed a law last week that …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
