Poland’s Senate Passes Reforms in Defiance of EU, Left Wing Protests

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Poland’s Senate on Saturday approved long-promised reforms to the country’s judicial system which have been fiercely opposed by Brussels and left wing protesters.

To become law, the populist ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s draft bill for reforms  — which would give parliament greater power to dismiss activist judges, and add a responsibility to consider the nation’s Christian values when passing judgements  —  now only has to be signed by the president, Andrzej Duda.

The government contends that the measures are necessary to reform a Communist-era model which still harbours many judges from that time, and polls show that a majority of Poles believe the country needs judicial reform.

On Thursday, as Poland’s lower legislative house voted through the reforms, tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in cities across Poland  —many wielding European Union (EU) flags  — chanting, blocking roads, and in one case even attacked a member of parliament.

The Polish government received messages of solidarity on Saturday from Hungary, which has also been threatened by the EU for resisting a compulsory migrant quotas scheme, and for launching a domestic reforms programme aimed at improving the financial transparency of NGOs backed by overseas actors such as billionaire open borders campaigner George Soros.

“The inquisition offensive against Poland can never succeed because Hungary will use all legal options in the European Union to show solidarity with the Poles, said Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán, speaking in Romania."

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/22/poland-passes-reforms-defiance-eu/

 

Poland, Hungary, Austria, and other EU countries growing a backbone, hope the EU keeps up its threats. 

[jg121783 3,921]

It's good to see nations asserting their sovereignty against the EU. Who do they think they are to dictate judicial and immigration policy to sovergn nations? The EU was started under the pretense of facilitating trade and free travel within Europe. Now it has become an unelected governmental entity that seeks to overrule laws and policies in sovergn nations that are part of it. I hope the socialist liberals of Europe and the world are happy. They can't say they weren't warned though. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Good job Poland they just keep doing the right thing.

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Ein reich.