Top EU court adviser: up to Irish court if Poland can still guarantee fair trial


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 Jun 2018

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - It is up to the Irish court to decide if Poland's judiciary, overhauled by the nationalist ruling party, can still guarantee a fair trial to a Pole wanted back home under a European arrest warrant, an advisor to the European Union's top court said.

The Advocate General of the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued an opinion on Thursday in a case brought in by an Irish judge, who was to rule whether to extradite to Poland the Polish national, who is wanted for drug trafficking.

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