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Polish top court delays hearing on bill needed to get EU funds

FILE PHOTO: A view from the Belarusian side of the frontier shows Polish and EU flags behind a fence at the Bruzgi-Kuznica checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border amid the migrant crisis in the Grodno region, Belarus, December 23, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Poland's top court postponed on Wednesday a crucial hearing on the constitutionality of reforms designed to unblock European Union funds due to an insufficient number of judges, the latest hurdle for Warsaw to get the cash.

Polish President Andrzej Duda in February asked the Constitutional Tribunal to rule on the constitutionality of reforms to the Supreme Court, which the government says will unblock billions in funds withheld due to a dispute with Brussels over the rule of law.

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