“We are about to decide what to do with these neo-judges, as they are called, and how to handle their cases so that legal proceedings proceed more quickly without triggering proceedings in European courts — mainly the European Court of Human Rights — which end up costing the Polish government money in compensation,” Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek explained in an interview with POLITICO, adding that the previous process of appointing judges had “contaminated” the judicial system.
Restoring the rule of law is the main mission of Waldemar Żurek, a former judge appointed by Donald Tusk this summer to unravel the PiS judicial reform and hold those responsible to account.
Under PiS, which governed Poland from 2015 to 2023, relations between Warsaw and Brussels deteriorated amid growing concerns that reforms to the justice system were undermining the EU’s democratic rules. In response, the European Commission froze billions of euros in EU funds, while the EU’s highest court imposed massive fines to Poland.
Just weeks after coming to power, Donald Tusk managed to obtain from the Commission that it releases 137 billion euros, promising that it would end the conflict over the rule of law by bringing the Polish judicial system into line with EU standards.
But these initial efforts were thwarted by the slow pace of government action and the hostility of President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally, who has vowed to veto any legislation calling into question PiS-era legal reforms.
The president newly elected Karol Nawrocki, also close to the PiS, also undertakes to resist any modification of the system put in place by the previous government.
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Author: Wojciech Kość
Published on: 2025-10-13 21:49:00
Source: www.politico.eu
