BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission asked Poland to hold off adopting a draft law that would punish judges for questioning the legality of government reforms and applying EU law, until Warsaw consults the Venice Commission of constitutional law experts of the Council of Europe.
The Commission, the guardian of European Union treaties that trump all national laws, also said that before proceeding with the draft law on judges, Polish authorities should consider available case law of the European Court of Justice -- signalling existing rulings contradicted the planned Polish legislation.
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