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Hearing on Polish judges could deepen standoff with Europe

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Poland's Constitutional Tribunal was to discuss the authority of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights. The ECHR has several dozen cases pending over appointments of Polish judges. Critics accuse the PiS party of trampling on European democratic values. But the government says changes are needed to improve efficiency.

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Hearing on Polish judges could deepen standoff with Europe

By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW - A top Polish court was to discuss on Wednesday whether a continent-wide human rights court had the power to question local judges' legitimacy in a case that could deepen the nationalist government's standoff with Europe. In power since 2015, the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party has clashed with European institutions over issues from judicial

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