European judges challenge EU approval of Poland's recovery plan

FILE PHOTO: European Union and Poland's flags flutter in Mazeikiai, Lithuania, April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) -European judges' associations challenged in European Union's General Court a decision to approve Poland's recovery and resilience plan, they said in a statement on Sunday.

Poland's access to 23.9 billion euros ($23.8 billion) in grants and 11.5 billion euros in cheap loans had been blocked due to a dispute over judicial independence.