For Poland's nationalists, retreat on judiciary revamp under EU pressure only tactical


FILE PHOTO: Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks during a joint news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev (not pictured) in Sofia, Bulgaria, November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's government has cast its defeat to the European Union over judicial appointments as only a tactical retreat on the way to cementing its nationalist, eurosceptic agenda.

Late on Monday, President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party, signed into law amendments to contentious legislation that will allow some Supreme Court judges to remain in their posts after having been forced into early retirement.

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