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Kaczynski with Law and Justice prime minister Beata Szydlo in parliament (Photo: pis.org.pl)

Insults fly after EU ultimatum to Poland

The Polish government has accused the European Commission of “arrogance” and of “playing God” in a dispute on judicial reform.

Wednesday’s (26 July) barrage of reactions came after the Commission, earlier the same day, gave Poland one month to address concerns on political interference in the judiciary amid threats of an unprecedented EU voting penalty.

Zbigniew Ziobro, the Polish justice minister, said Frans Timmermans, the ...

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