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Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki (r) with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at a previous summit (Photo: Council of the European Union)

EU top court orders Poland to pay €1m-a-day in rule-of-law row

The European Court of Justice on Wednesday (27 October) ordered Poland to pay a €1m-per-day fine for not suspending the disciplinary chamber of its Supreme Court, which has been ruled a violation of EU law.

It is the latest episode in the long-running legal and political battle between the nationalist government led by the Law and Justice party (PiS) and EU institutions over Warsaw's judicial...

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