EU demands action by Poland's government to protect rule of law

Poland may face sanctions if it cannot show it has retracted controversial legal changes Poland could be put in the dock by the EU within weeks over its failure to protect the independence of the country's judiciary if its rightwing government fails to convince Brussels that it has backtracked on its most controversial legal changes. A meeting of ministers from the 28 member states on Monday was told by Frans Timmermans, the vice-president of the European commission, that the Polish government's...