Poland's disciplinary panel for judges will disappear, says minister

Poland will scrap in its current form a disciplinary panel for judges that lies at the centre of a dispute between Brussels and Warsaw, Poland's minister for European affairs said on Thursday. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters on Thursday that in the coming months the ruling United Right will find a solution regarding the disciplinary panel for judges, which will also be accepted by the president. The European Court of Justice (CJEU) on Wednesday imposed a EUR 1 million daily fine on Poland for its failure to comply with a ruling demanding the suspension of the disciplinary panel for judges at the Supreme Court.