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EU: POLAND: European Commission - Fact Sheet: College Orientation Debate on recent developments in Poland and the Rule of Law Framework: Questions & Answers
14 January 2016
See:
European Commission - Fact Sheet: College Orientation Debate on recent developments in Poland and the Rule of Law Framework: Questions & Answers (link)
And see:
EU commission puts Poland on the hook (euobserver, link):
"The European Commission has triggered rule-of-law monitoring of Poland, in an unprecedented step, prompted by constitutional and media reforms. “We have decided that the commission will carry out a preliminary assessment under the rule-of-law framework,” Frans Timmermans, the Dutch EU commissioner, who handles the dossier, said in Brussels on Wednesday (13 January), after internal talks. Timmermans used a softer tone than Ziobro (Photo: European Commission) It’s the first time the commission has used the instrument, which is designed to prevent breaches of EU law and prinicples."