A Polish law from 2019 on disciplining judges is against European Union treaties, the advocate general of the bloc's top court said on Thursday in a case in which the court earlier imposed a 1 million euro ($1.06 million) a day fine on Poland.
Poland is embroiled in a long-running row with Brussels over the rule of law. The opinion comes as Poland's ruling nationalists Law and Justice (PiS) are trying to pass fresh amendments to laws on the judiciary that they hope will unblock 35.4 billion euros in COVID-19 recovery funds.
"The infringement of EU law consists of depriving national courts of the possibility to ensure that EU law is applied by an independent and impartial tribunal in all cases," Advocate General Anthony Michael Collins said in a statement.
