With New Moves, Poland May Not Qualify as Democracy

The ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) in Poland is trying to fundamentally alter the nation's court system with a spate of new bills that would give the government the power to force out the nation's top judges and replace them with those appointed by parliament—where the PiS has a slim majority. Just how radical are the changes? 

If they go through, the European Union says Poland may no longer qualify as a democracy, reports the New York Times. The laws "would abolish any remaining judicial independence and put the judiciary under full political control of the government," says a VP of the European Commission.

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