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Polish President submits bill in move to end rule of law row with EU

FILE PHOTO: Poland's President Andrzej Duda arrives for the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, June 14, 2021. Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday submitted legislation to dismantle a controversial disciplinary chamber for judges, hoping it would allow the government to end a dispute over the rule of law with Brussels and unblock European Union funding.

Last October, the EU's top court ruled Poland must pay one million euros ($1.13 million) a day in fines for maintaining the disciplinary chamber for judges set up by the conservative nationalist Warsaw government.

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