The EU executive has issued a stark warning to Poland to scrap changes to its highest court which critics say trample over the rule of law, but stopped short of calling for sanctions on the member state.
Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the European commission, gave the Polish government two months to rewrite proposed amendments to the country’s constitutional tribunal that some say will put Poland on the road to autocracy. [...]
The Dutch commissioner could still recommend Poland be stripped of EU voting rights, but this unprecedented punishment is unlikely to win unanimous support from EU member states, who must take the final decision. Hungary’s strongman leader Viktor Orbán has already vowed to oppose the move.
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