#RuleofLaw breakdown in #Poland: Just finished reading this very welcome/important judgment in Case C‑824/18 which however won’t decisively halt deliberate organised-crime type destruction of judicial independence due to inherent limits of ECJ jurisdiction in PR case (Thread)
1/ This limitation notwithstanding, judgment is extremely welcome as strongest confirmation to date that EUMS must respect EU Law in particular when it comes to "enactment of national rules governing the process of appointing judges” + connected rules governing judicial review
2/ ECJ essentially makes clear (but TBC by referring court) that Polish authorities have violated EU law by adopting legislative amendments with *deliberate/systemic* aim of *preventing the ECJ* from ruling on questions referred to it by (not yet captured) PL Supreme Admin Court
3/ Particularly worth noting and positive is holistic framework of analysis employed by Court re KRS/(illegal) appointments and finding that Polish legislature has deliberately aimed to violate rule of law + use of notion of “retrograde impact” (1st time I have seen notion used)
4/ First time TBOMK ECJ denounces lawless behaviour of Polish authorities & their violations of principle of sincere cooperation. Bad faith of Polish authorities is stressed in relation to deliberate/repeated attempts to kill off PR request (hello Commission where are you?)
5/ First time ECJ is essentially saying (TBC by referring court) the individuals (unlawfully) appointed to SCt by PL President lack independence required under EU law + 1st time ECJ refers to delinquent violation of SAC interim order by Duda the serial violator of PL Constitution
6/ First time ECJ makes clear that referring but also all Polish courts can take existence of special relationships between the (integrity-free) members of (unconstitutional) KRS and the Polish executive to conclude that KRS is a sham body lacking any independence from executive
7/ Miscellaneous: first time I think ECJ judgment refers to ECHR Ástráðsson ruling due to... Polish PG (and serial violator of rule of law - check his role in secret troll farm) to ask for reopening of oral proceedings… Desperate move to delay case unsurprisingly rejected by ECJ
8/ Judgment is further indictment of EU Commission’s failure to do its job: First, it did not launch infringement action re this flagrant crime against EU (rule of) law; Second, Comm essentially argued opposite of what ECJ has decided (see AG). So much for no-compromise stance…
9/ Shortcomings of judgment: ECJ does not tackle the flagrantly unlawful nature of the appointments; refers to (bogus) Const Tribunal without making clear its flagrantly unlawful composition; does not acknowledge nullification/violation of its 2019 AK judgment by CT + DC in 2020
10/ However there is so much ECJ can do in context of preliminary ruling cases which is why it so crucial @vonderleyen Commission gets out of its current irresponsible lethargy. If they don't want the Guardian of Treaties job well then go work elsewhere

verfassungsblog.de/1825-days-late…
@vonderleyen 11/ Next step: ECJ did strongly recall referring court can set aside any measure adopted by PL authorities but they will no doubt - as they have repeatedly done - try to sabotage application of ECJ’s judgment via their fake judges and more lawless criminal actions/measures (end)
@vonderleyen Updated overview of all decided/pending Article 267 preliminary ruling requests originating from Polish courts re Polish measures violating EU judicial independence requirements (to compare to the *3* infringement cases lodged to date with ECJ by the Commission since 2016...)

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19 Dec 20
Speaking of unlawful puppet body known as Poland's "Disciplinary Chamber" & its unlawful "decision" to void ECJ AK ruling, this development was mentioned for 1st time at ECJ level by AG Tanchev in his Opinion of 17 Dec 2020 in C-824/18

curia.europa.eu/juris/document…

cc @RULEOFLAWpl
@RULEOFLAWpl This is an important AG opinion which also for the 1st time mentions *and* makes use of Poland's Supreme Court resolution of 23 January 2020 which held the bogus "DC" not to constitute a court

On this resolution see my @reconnectEU post and paper

reconnect-europe.eu/blog/dealing-w…
@RULEOFLAWpl @reconnectEU Another "1st" at ECJ level: reference to lack of effective constitutional review in Poland but AG is still too diplomatic here as EU Comm, EU Parliament & CoE Parliament have been explicit about total lack of effective review + unlawful composition of CT

rechtersvoorrechters.nl/third-party-in…
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17 Dec 20
EU toolbox update: New regulation "designed to protect EU funds from being misused by EU governments who bend the #ruleoflaw" approved by EP after being approved by Council on 14 Dec

To get my head around on how new mechanism will work I have put together yet another slide 😎⬇️
Step-by-step overview of new general (#ruleoflaw) conditionality mechanism for protection of #EUbudget

(any mistake PLMK)

(warning: rudimentary design of slide not pre-approved by @JoelleGrogan aka @stickytrickylaw but hope to convince her/"them" to help out with version 2.0) Image
@JoelleGrogan @stickytrickylaw Thanks to feedback received from @rdanielkelemen, I have corrected previous step 3

version 2.0 below Image
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9 Dec 20
Based on my first quick reading of draft EUCO conclusions re #ruleoflaw conditionality mechanism, have to agree with @alemannoEU but let me add some quick comments in thread below

(Health warning: have spent about 7 hours on zoom today so my brain no longer fully operational)
Para 1 of draft conclusions: 2nd sentence is legally wrong/poorly drafted. Art 7 not only procedure to address "breaches" of Art 2 TEU values as already established by ECJ re Polish Sup Court purge (both item under Art 7 and subject of successful infringement action in 6198/18)
Paragraph 2 gives a veneer of credibility to recurrent nonsense from autocrats that destroying national checks and balances is somewhat something which can be justified in the name of their alleged “constitutional identity”. Very poor but not end of world

cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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7 Nov 20
This is a great post by @ADimitrovs on new but not adopted yet #RuleofLaw conditionality mechanism & EU budget. Have just finished myself reading the 20,372 words of trilogue "4-column" doc re this latest likely addition to EU's toolbox. My first reaction assessment in 🧵 below
Title of not yet adopted Regulation (at @EUCouncil's insistence) no longer mentions #ruleoflaw & concept of "generalised deficiencies" with reference instead to "a general regime of conditionality". Cosmetic rebranding to assuage autocrats or bad omen? Let’s continue to find out
Article 1 (subject matter): surprise! the rule of law is back BUT “breaches” have replaced “generalised deficiencies” (again at Council’s insistence) = deliberate attempt to force Commission to not see the wood for the trees…
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6 Oct 20
Orban's #LexCEU held incompatible with EU Law yet Orban has already achieved its main goal: force out @ceu...

It was just irresponsible from @EU_Commission not to apply for interim measures in this instance

(updated overview slide of Commission's infringement (in)action below)
@ceu @EU_Commission This ECJ ruling will no doubt be mentioned in the 2021 #ruleoflaw country report...

When will the @EU_Commission learn that time is autocrat's best friend & that more reporting will do nothing to prevent creation of irreversible facts on the grounds...
@ceu @EU_Commission But Comm is not only institution which deserves criticism

+3 years to issue ruling on this crucial pressing issue is not serious

As for @EPP/@EPPGroup esp @ManfredWeber & @JosephDaul, shame on them for never enforcing their red lines, which as we now know were just bullshit
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1 Aug 20
#RuleofLaw breakdown in #Poland: Just finished reading this meticulous, compelling and unprecedented ruling by the Amsterdam District Court whose potential ramifications for the functioning of EU legal order could be extremely significant. Thread ⬇️
1/ Historical significance: 1st time in legal history of EU (TBOMK) that a national court of EUMS has found judicial system of another EUMS as a whole to have been structurally disabled = judicial independence structurally gone in Poland = we have black hole in EU’s Area of FSJ
2/ 🇳🇱 Court’s (correct) diagnosis: no independent/effective Const Tribunal left; ENCJ-suspended NCJ not impartial/independent; Disciplinary Ch not a court; independence of SC & ordinary courts no longer guaranteed with disciplinary proceedings possible for applying ECJ case law
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