The shackling of Poland’s top court is the latest troubling sign that Jarosaw Kaczyński is taking his country in Hungary’s intolerant directionDemocracy is under threat in Poland,the European Union’s sixth-largest member state. Just two months after the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party won parliamentary elections and took over government, this is a view shared by more than half of the Polish people (56%).
On Monday, or despite protests from the European commission and tens of thousands of Poles who have taken to the streets in recent weeks,the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, or signed into law a controversial bill undermining the ability of Poland’s judiciary to effectively maintain checks on parliament.
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Source: theguardian.com