Tag: Zbigniew Ziobro
Why did the Polish deputy minister of justice resign? Everything you need to know about the ‘Piebiak scandal’
A deputy minister of justice resigns. His devoted helper dismissed from his job at the ministry. Judge of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court and employees of the neo-NCJ summoned to give explanations. Alerted prosecution office and disciplinary commissioners. The Piebiak scandal, which was the ‘PiS caste’ scandal as early as on Thursday, is spreading ever wider. The government is playing it down, but the opinion polls have moved
Attacks on CJEU Advocate General after his crushing assessment of PiS-led judicial “reforms”
The Minister of Justice feels that the opinion of the Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice Evgeni Tanchev is incompatible with EU law and constitutes a “defence of pathology in the Polish judiciary.” If the CJEU concurs with the Advocate General’s opinion, following the judgment Poland will have to select a new National Council of the Judiciary. Changes will also be necessary in other EU Member States.
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05.11.2019
CJEU Yet Again Slams Judicial “Reforms” in Judge Retirement Age Verdict
24.10.2019
Freedom of expression of judges and prosecutors: UNHRC report
16.10.2019
Lacking a majority, PiS needs the Senate to install a new Commissioner for Human Rights
14.10.2019
Disappointment and the Polish Parliamentary Elections
11.10.2019
Balicki: The worst Sejm in three decades has destroyed Polish parliamentarism
10.10.2019