Top EU court orders $1.2 million fine for Poland each day for not suspending the judicial reforms, in the latest episode of a clash over the rule of law with implications for Warsaw's future ties with the bloc
Warsaw and Brussels have been at loggerheads for years over the judicial reforms pushed through by the Law and Justice government.
The European Commission requested the fine last month after the Polish authorities did not comply with an earlier ruling from July ordering to immediately suspend the activities of the chamber. The latest move risks deepening a bitter standoff over judicial independence and the primacy of EU law which some fear has put Poland's membership in the bloc in question.
Several EU leaders at the summit said Brussels should not release $42 billion in pandemic recovery money that Poland badly wants while the issue is unresolved.
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