BRUSSELS
(Reuters) - The European Commission has launched legal action against Poland's
reforms to its judiciary and given Warsaw a month to respond, it said on
Saturday.
EU
commissioners decided to launch the "infringement procedure" at a
meeting on Wednesday, pending publication of Poland's new law, over concerns
that it undermined the independence of judges and breached EU rules.
The
Commission said in a statement that its key concern about Poland's law on
organization of its ordinary courts was the introduction of different
retirement ages for female judges (60) and male judges (65).
It said it
was also concerned by the power given to Poland's minister of justice to extend
the mandate of judges who had reached retirement age.
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