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The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Warsaw

New Polish justice minister will seek ‘any niche’ to undo rule of law breaches

Adam Bodnar
Adam Bodnar, who is minister of justice in Donald Tusk's new government, is keen to restore good relations with the EU. Photograph: Wojciech Olkuśnik/East News/Shutterstock

Poland’s new justice minister has vowed to “find any niche in the legal system” that will allow him to push through reforms, as he starts work to reverse the rule of law breaches carried out under the previous government.

Adam Bodnar, a law professor and former human rights ombudsman, was elected to Poland’s upper house of parliament in the October election and became justice minister last Wednesday, part of a new government led by prime minister Donald Tusk.

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