2016-01-13 18:30

EU Moves to Discipline Poland for Abridging Democratic Rules

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of ruling Law and Justice party. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of ruling Law and Justice party. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

The European Commission took a first step to discipline Poland‘s new ruling party for seizing heightened control over the state, fueling a debate about whether eastern Europe is slipping back into its authoritarian past.

Risking a nationalist backlash from Warsaw, the commission said it will assess whether the Law & Justice party went too far in ramming through laws that politicize the constitutional court and national broadcaster after returning to power in October.

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