FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives to take part in a European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium July 2, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's prime minister demanded explanations on Tuesday about accusations that a deputy minister sought to discredit judges critical of the government's judicial reforms by planting media rumours about their private lives.
It was the latest in a series of scandals to hit Poland's ruling nationalists - who have come under European Union fire over moves to increase political controls over the judiciary - ahead of elections in October.
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