- 15 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityEU law
EU starts legal steps against Poland over constitutional court ruling
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Poland on Wednesday over rulings by the country's constitutional tribunal in July and October that challenged the primacy of…
EU sues France, Portugal and three others over EU arrest warrant law
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said it had opened infringement proceedings against France, Malta, Latvia, Portugal and Slovakia as a result of their incomplete or incorrect transposition of the…
EU parliament sues EU Commission for inaction over rule-of-law concerns
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament launched a lawsuit against the bloc's executive on Friday for failing to apply a new law that allows the freezing of EU payments to…
EU court fines Poland 1 million euros per day in rule of law row
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland must pay 1 million euros ($1.16 million) a day for maintaining a disciplinary chamber for judges, the European Union's top court said on Wednesday, in the latest…
Hungary’s Orban backs Polish court ruling challenging EU law
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has called on European Union institutions "to respect member states' sovereignty" after it backed a Polish court ruling that some EU law is incompatible with the…
France and Germany say Poland must abide by EU rules
PARIS (Reuters) - Poland has a legal and moral obligation as a member of the European Union to abide by the bloc's rules completely and unconditionally, the foreign ministers of…
Polish court rules some EU law is unconstitutional, deepening dispute
By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's highest court ruled on Thursday that some parts of EU treaties are incompatible with the Polish constitution, challenging a pillar of European integration…
Poland’s Kaczynski says primacy of EU law undermines sovereignty
WARSAW (Reuters) - The European Union's insistence on the primacy of EU law over national legislation undermines Poland's sovereignty, ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said in a letter quoted by…
