Polish unionists protest CJEU ruling on Turow mine

Poland's Solidarity Union launched a protest on Friday in Luxembourg against an EU Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling ordaining the closure of an opencast lignite mine close to the Czech border. The ruling, passed in May, followed Czech complaints that the mine was draining local ground waters. It evoked strong protests from Poland, which refused to shut down the mine arguing that the move would liquidate thousands of jobs and leave countless households without power.