Justice Minister and Attorney General Adam Bodnar, in less than a year, has accomplished nearly everything that could be done without new legislation. However, he remains unwilling to use state force against PiS appointees, and the coming year is set to bring even greater challenges.

“Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar stated, ‘The Venice Commission supports the direction of the reforms in the Polish judiciary and views them favorably. At the same time, it has provided its comments and suggestions.'”

During Ernest Bejda’s tenure as head of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA), the use of the Pegasus surveillance system was initiated. The commission remains confident that they will eventually succeed in questioning Bejda.

This was a long-anticipated decision by President Duda. As expected, the president intends to block the proposed reforms to the Constitutional Tribunal, which had been politicized by the Law and Justice Party (PiS).

Magdalena Niemiec from Katowice may become the first judge in Poland to file a precedent-setting lawsuit against the current government. She demands a swift resolution to the illegal neo-National Council of the Judiciary (neo-KRS) issue and the restitution of judges’ salaries, which were reduced for two years by the Law and Justice (PiS) government.

Not only Poland, but several other EU countries also fail to fully implement rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). This issue extends beyond judicial independence.

Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar has today submitted a request to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to lift Marcin Romanowski’s immunity.

Donald Tusk has recently had to explain a mistake involving his countersignature on President Duda’s decision regarding the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court. However, our information indicates that in the case of the Labor Chamber of the Supreme Court, the President may propose a legally appointed Supreme Court judge to Tusk for countersignature.

“For me, it is obvious—the National Electoral Commission’s resolution will be overturned. Can a body whose decisions can be predicted under such circumstances be considered an independent court?” said a judge from the Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber in an interview with Onet.

Donald Tusk has countersigned President Duda’s decree appointing a neo-judge as the chairperson of the Assembly of Judges of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court, which is tasked with electing a new Chief Justice of the Chamber. “Supreme Court judges are devastated and stunned. They feel betrayed,” comments Krystian Markiewicz, President of Iustitia.