Poland offers to amend law on Supreme Court to get EU funds


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022

FILE PHOTO: The Polish Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will submit draft amendments to a law on its Supreme Court this week to fulfill requirements to receive EU recovery funds, Polish European Affairs Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sek said on Tuesday.

Poland's access to 23.9 billion euros ($25.38 billion) in grants and 11.5 billion euros in cheap loans had been blocked due to a dispute with Brussels over judicial independence.

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