EC refers Poland to CJEU to protect judges from political control

The European Commission decided to bring a case against Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in order to protect the independence of Polish judges. According to the EC, "Polish law on the judiciary undermines the independence of Polish judges and is inconsistent with the primacy of EU law." The EC went on to claim that the Polish law prevents Polish courts from direct application of certain provisions of EU law protecting the independence of judges and from referring questions for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice.