Courts and tribunals are a separate and independent branches of government from the others. The independence of the courts and independence of judges should be guarded by the National Council of the Judiciary (Article 187 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland).
Today, the ruling party, by selecting compromised judges for the new composition of the National Council of the Judiciary, contrary to the Constitution and the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Europ...
Considering that the independence of the judiciary is an indispensable element of the rule of law and democracy;
Further considering that the rule of law is an agreed fundamental value common to all member states of the European Union (Art 2 TEU) which provides for no deviating national interpretation;
And considering that the primacy of European Law over national law and the binding character of decisions of the Court of Justice of the EU on national courts and institutions is fundamental...