Contents tagged with judicial reform
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Warsaw: Poland will continue judicial reform despite EU sanctions
Poland regrets the decision of the European Commission (EC) to launch procedures for imposing sanctions against the country.
The Foreign Ministry of Poland said that the EC deliberately undertook this burden of relations.
Polish Foreign Ministry called the EC’s claims regarding judicial reform in the country “unfair”.
"We cannot accept one-sided and unfair opinions directed at Poland. The negative information campaign about reforms carried out in our country is not based on facts and …
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Polish Senate adopts controversial judicial reform laws
The Senate of Poland (upper house of parliament) has adopted, without amendment, two controversial laws on changes in the country’s judicial system that will affect the Supreme Court and the National Council of Judicial Proceedings, reported TVN24.
60 senators voted in favor of the law on the National Council of Judicial Proceedings, while 26 voted against it; one abstained. The law on the Supreme Court was supported by 58 senators; 26 voted against it, and three abstained.
There were shouts …
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President of Ukraine signs judicial reform
On Wednesday November 22, President Petro Poroshenko signed a law introducing amendments to the Economic Procedure Code, Civil Procedure Code and Administrative Court Procedure Code, the president’s press service announced.
This is the largest reform of procedural legislation since Ukraine’s independence, and the largest bill in the history of the Verkhovna Rada.
The President’s administration points out that the bill was drafted by the Council on Matters of Court Reform, taking into account …
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Polish President refuses to sign judicial reform laws
Polish President Andrzej Duda sent the two laws on judicial reform which he had vetoed to the Sejm (the lower house of parliament) to be modified, as reported by the Polish president’s press service. The laws had caused massive protests in Poland.
“The President… refused to sign the law from 12 July 2017 to introduce changes to the law on the National Judicial Council, as well as several other laws, and sent it to the Sejm for reconsideration,” the report states.
In another report, the press …