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Polish President Duda signs bill reinstating Supreme Court judges

18-12-2018 < RT 51 113 words
 

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has signed legislation that reinstates Supreme Court judges who were forced into early retirement despite the EU condemning the removals as a violation of democratic standards. Earlier on Monday, the European Court of Justice ruled that Poland needed to suspend a law that lowered the retirement age for Supreme Court judges and to put about two dozen justices the law had affected back on the bench. Duda signed the revisions that removed the early retirement provisions, presidential aide Pawel Mucha said late Monday. The quick response comes amid a broader push by Poland’s conservative ruling party, Law and Justice, to ease tensions with the EU, AP reported.


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