European Court of Justice: Polish rules relating to the retirement age of judges and public prosecutors, adopted in July 2017, are contrary to EU law

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"In today’s judgment the Court, upholds the action for failure to fulfil obligations brought by the Commission against the Republic of Poland and held that that Member State had failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law, first, by establishing a different retirement age for men and women who were judges or public prosecutors in Poland and, second, by lowering the retirement age of judges of the ordinary courts while conferring on the Minister for Justice the power to extend the period of active service of those judges."

European Court of Justice: Polish rules relating to the retirement age of judges and public prosecutors, adopted in July 2017, are contrary to EU law

And see: European Commission statement on the judgment of the European Court of Justice on Poland's Ordinary Courts law (Commission press release, pdf)

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