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Polish president moves to scrap court body contested by EU

Chamber was perceived as backsliding democratic standards

03 February, 19:19

(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, FEB 3 - Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday announced a draft bill to scrap the "disciplinary chamber" of the Supreme Court -- a newly created body at the heart of a row with the European Union. Duda said he hoped the change, which still needs to be approved by the Polish parliament, would end the dispute with Brussels. "I propose that this chamber be liquidated," he said. Under the draft, the judges currently in the chamber would have the option of moving to another Supreme Court chamber or retire. The chamber would be replaced by a different body called the "Chamber of Professional Responsibility" with 11 judges. "I want to give the Polish government a path to ending the dispute with the European Commission," Duda said. The disciplinary chamber was part of a Polish judicial overhaul that the European Union perceived as backsliding on democratic standards, by attacking judges' independence. (ANSA-AFP).

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