Polish Premier Vows to Push On With Court Revamp After Veto
- Pledge follows veto of draft laws criticized as undemocratic
- President Duda says he believes ‘wise’ reform will be passed
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Poland’s prime minister vowed to redouble efforts to clamp down on “unaccountable” judges after the president vetoed parts of a judicial overhaul that touched off debate in the European Union over how to confront members who flout democratic values.
In a blow to the Law & Justice party that backed his presidency, Andrzej Duda rejected bills to replace Supreme Court judges and revamp the Judicial Council that makes key personnel decisions. Tens of thousands of Poles had protested nationwide for eight days in defense of court independence, while the EU threatened Poland, the bloc’s largest beneficiary of development funds, with sanctions.