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    7 months ago

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    The revision takes into account RePower EU, the bloc’s plan to slash imports of Russian fossil fuels and accelerate the green transition, put forward after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

    The conditions are meant to undo the damage caused by the disciplinary chamber of Poland’s Supreme Court, which was controversially empowered to punish magistrates according to the content of their verdicts.

    However, the Commission’s new positive assessment includes the option to release €5.1 billion in pre-financing before the end of the year, as long as the 27 member states give their approval.

    If released, the €5.1 billion would represent the first payment of recovery funds for Poland, which has been so far unable to tap into the bloc’s €750-billion common pool over persistent concerns about judicial independence and the separation of powers.

    In a ruling delivered in June, the court said Poland’s controversial reform undermined the right to have access to an independent and impartial judiciary, effectively striking it down.

    In the general elections held last month, Tusk’s Civic Platform (KO), together with two other opposition parties, won more than 54% of the votes and secured a majority of 248 seats in the 460-seat Sejm, the lower house of the Parliament.


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