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- Title
Member state's lawlessness and European law - the case of Poland.
- Authors
MEZYK, ROBERT
- Abstract
Since 2015 the Polish authorities have undertaken numerous actions subordinating the country's judiciary to political influence. These steps met resistance from the European Union (EU), including proceedings by the European Commission and at the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ). The judgement of the ECJ in the case A.K. and Others v Sąd Najwyższy (2019) brought the situation to another level by empowering national courts to verify the independence of other domestic judicial bodies. While the ECJ empowered Polish judges to reject the domestic court-packing, the Polish state countered this with internal disciplinary sanctions. I discuss this tension and consider the upcoming conflict between the ECJ and the Polish Constitutional Tribunal ('CT'). I conclude by highlighting the fact that whereas Poland breaches European law, the breach will be hard to rectify due to the lack of independent enforcement mechanisms on the side of the EU.
- Subjects
POLAND; EUROPEAN Union; EUROPEAN law; POWER (Social sciences)
- Publication
Australian & New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
1837-2147
- Publication type
Article