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EU mulls sanctions against Poland over court reforms
European Union officials are set to discuss whether to act on the bloc's threat to sanction the Polish government over its bid to exert control over national courts.
The EU last week warned the nationalist government in Warsaw against enacting new bills that would further undermine the judiciary's independence.
Polish President Andrzej Duda surprised many on Monday when he decided to veto two of the controversial bills, one of which would have reinforced political control over the Supreme Court.
Duda later signed into law a measure that allows the justice minister to hire and fire senior judges who head the common courts.
The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has vowed to press on with reforms, insisting the measures were necessary to make the judiciary more accountable.
With only one of the reforms adopted, it was not clear which steps, if any, EU First Vice President Frans Timmermans will announce on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reports.
