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Now playing Next Poland Sheriff or undertaker, what role for Poland's justice minister? The Supreme Court needs to be rebuilt because it is being “controlled by leftists and foreign forces.” - PiS leader, Jarosław Kaczyński 21/07/2017
Now playing Next Poland Poland's lower house passes controversial judiciary reform bill Poland's lower house has just passed a bill allowing the government to replace Supreme Court judges. The opposition says the law would erode the independence of the judiciary and undermine democracy as a whole. 20/07/2017
Now playing Next Europe News European Commission to decide on sanctions over Poland's rule of law violations A new law in Poland threatens the independence of the Supreme Court. 19/07/2017
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