Commissioner Michael McGrath will not pursue sanctions against the Polish government, it was confirmed Sunday, despite overseeing rule-of-law issues, as the standoff over control of Warsaw’s Constitutional Tribunal entered its second week.
Poland has been gripped by political turmoil since Friday, when police cordoned off the country’s constitutional court amid a bitter dispute over judicial appointments, the latest flashpoint in a wider power struggle between Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government and the conservative opposition it ousted from power.