he EU warned Poland on Wednesday it would suspend its voting rights in the bloc if it pushes ahead with controversial judicial reforms, sparking accusations of “blackmail” from a furious Warsaw.
Brussels said President Andrzej Duda’s unexpected vetoing of two controversial reforms, including one targeting the supreme court, had not ended the risk to the independence of Polish judges.
European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said the Polish crisis posed a threat to democratic standards not just in that country but across the 28-nation bloc.
“In this past week some things have changed in Poland — and some things have not,” Timmermans told a news conference in Brussels after a fresh high-level meeting on the crisis.
