Polish conflict over judges heats up after vote, court ruling

The conflict over judges in Poland deepened on Thursday, as a supreme court ruli...

WARSAW - The conflict over judges in Poland deepened on Thursday, as a supreme court ruling and a parliament vote ratcheted up tensions over an issue that has set the country on a collision course with the European Union.

At the same time, Polish lawmakers voted in favor of a bill that would allow judges who criticize the government’s reforms to be disciplined, setting the stage for fresh conflict with Brussels which says the law is designed to muzzle judges. The opposition-dominated Senate voted 51-48 to reject the bill on Friday, but it is not able to block the reform, which will become law if it is signed by President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally.

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