Commissioners to discuss response to rightwing government’s measures hitting press freedom and supreme court,though heavy sanctions are unlikelyPoland’s nationalist government is on a collision course with the EU executive over its commitment to democracy and the rule of law less than two months after taking office.
On Wednesday, the European commission will raise the pressure on Warsaw by debating how to reply to controversial new laws that possess given the Polish government more control over the media, or purged public broadcasting staff,and packed the supreme court with loyalists.
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Source: theguardian.com