WARSAW — Poland’s parliament on Thursday rushed through a law reforming the functioning of the top constitutional court in an effort to defuse an issue that has poisoned the country’s relations with its allies ahead of the NATO summit starting in the capital Friday.
Poland has been embroiled for months in a constitutional crisis over the selection of judges to the 15-member Constitutional Tribunal and over which rules the body should follow.
The dispute has led to large street protests in the country and cast a shadow over the right-wing government’s foreign policy. The European Commission launched an unprecedented probe into Poland’s …read more
Source: European Voice
