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Polish president Andrzej Duda (r),amid mass domestic and international protests, this month signed into law a deeply-controversial set of new reforms seeking to prevent Polish judges from applying EU law under penalty of suspension, fines, salary cuts and (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland)

Polish rule of law crisis at point of no return

Following four-plus years of assault by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, the embattled Polish judiciary may be on its last legs.

On 4 February, amid mass domestic and international protest, Polish president Andrzej Duda signed into law a deeply-controversial set of new reforms openly defying the authority of the EU's top court and seeking to prevent Polish judges from applying EU law under penalty of suspension, fines, salary cuts and dismissal.

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Elena Crespi is head of the Western Europe desk for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), where Joshua Ratliff also works.

Polish president Andrzej Duda (r),amid mass domestic and international protests, this month signed into law a deeply-controversial set of new reforms seeking to prevent Polish judges from applying EU law under penalty of suspension, fines, salary cuts and (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland)

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Elena Crespi is head of the Western Europe desk for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), where Joshua Ratliff also works.

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