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Pro-free media rally in Warsaw on 9 January (Photo: Grzegorz Zukowski)

EU commission puts Poland on the hook

The European Commission has triggered rule-of-law monitoring of Poland, in an unprecedented step, prompted by constitutional and media reforms.

“We have decided that the commission will carry out a preliminary assessment under the rule-of-law framework,” Frans Timmermans, the Dutch EU commissioner, who handles the dossier, said in Brussels on Wednesday (13 January), after internal talks.

It’s the first time the commission has used the instrument, which is designed to prevent bre...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Pro-free media rally in Warsaw on 9 January (Photo: Grzegorz Zukowski)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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