nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180611-100321-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180609s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180611-100321-0 doi eng 342 23 de Búrca, Gráinne Author aut Open Letter to Vice-President Frans Timmermans de Búrca, Gráinne Verfassungsblog 2018-06-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier If the law on the Polish Supreme Court enters into force in the beginning of July, as is currently planned, a large number of sitting judges of that Court will see their tenure unconstitutionally extinguished. In combination with an increase in the number of seats on the Supreme Court, this means that the newly politicized National Council of the Judiciary, elected by the governing party, will be in a position to appoint a majority of the judges on the Supreme Court. 23 legal and constitutional scholars have signed an open letter to urge the Vice President of the EU Commission to initiate an infringement procedure against Poland. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 judicial independence Polish Supreme Court Rule of Law Sadurski, Wojciech Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/open-letter-to-vice-president-frans-timmermans/ raw object