On 3 July a new law on the Supreme Court and the political subordination of Polish courts, introduced by the ruling Law and Order (PiS) party, will come into force. Many of the current Supreme Court judges will be replaced by nominees appointed by the National Judiciary Council, which is controlled by Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro. The European Commission must react!

120 non-governmental organizations and civil movements, including the Association against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia, the Open Republic, have appealed to Jean-Claud Juncker, the chairman of the European Commission, to refer the law on the Supreme Court to the European Court of Justice. Non-governmental organizations call on the European Commission to take action to help stop the destruction of democracy in Poland. On the basis of the unconstitutional law on the Supreme Court, “nearly 40 percent of the Supreme Court judges may be forced into untimely retirement. They will be replaced by the nominees chosen by the politicized National Judiciary Council of Judiciary. This will be the last act of the take-over of the courts by the ruling party “- write the signatories of the appeal.

Poland is a full member of the European Union and we demand urgent action from the European Commission. We call on the Commission to immediately refer the law on the Polsh Supreme Court to the European Court of Justice, together with the motion to stop the implementation of the Act.

We encourage you to sign an appeal to the European Commission to refer this law to the CJEU. This  can be done through the site naszademokracja.pl