{"id":315059,"date":"2016-01-13T22:39:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T22:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/eu-launches-probe-into-new-polish-laws\/"},"modified":"2016-01-13T22:39:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T22:39:35","slug":"eu-launches-probe-into-new-polish-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/01\/13\/eu-launches-probe-into-new-polish-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"EU launches probe into new Polish laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-area\" readability=\"66.919698314108\">\n<div id=\"content-area\" readability=\"55.932203389831\">\n<div class=\"post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyguideafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/EU-620x400.jpg?3d6053\" class=\"attachment-post-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"EU\"\/><\/div>\n<p><!--post-image--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <!-- Easy Plugin for AdSense V8.60 --><!-- [leadin: 0 urCount: 0 urMax: 0] --><br \/>\n<!-- Easy Plugin for AdSense V8.60 --><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\"><strong>The European Commission has opened an unprecedented inquiry into whether new Polish laws break EU democracy rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vice-President Frans Timmermans announced a \u201cpreliminary assessment\u201d under the EU\u2019s \u201c<a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-14-237_en.htm\">rule of law mechanism<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of Poland\u2019s right-wing government protested at changes to the constitutional court and media laws.<\/p>\n<p>The EU mechanism allows the Commission to press a member state to change any measure considered a \u201csystemic threat\u201d to fundamental EU values.<\/p>\n<p>The step comes after President Andrzej Duda approved controversial laws enabling the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government to appoint the heads of public TV and radio, and choose judges for Poland\u2019s constitutional court.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Polish parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Beata Szydlo denied that her government had violated democratic norms.<\/p>\n<p>She said it was carrying out a programme that Poles chose in a democratic election in October.<\/p>\n<p>Under the EU\u2019s rule of law mechanism adopted in 2014, a state\u2019s voting rights in the EU Council \u2013 where government ministers shape EU policy \u2013 can be suspended.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>-bbc<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Easy Plugin for AdSense V8.60 --><br \/>\n<!-- [leadout: 1 urCount: 1 urMax: 0] --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Easy Plugin for AdSense V8.60 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--content-area--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--post-tags-->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The European Commission has opened an unprecedented inquiry into whether new Polish laws break EU democracy rules. Vice-President Frans Timmermans announced a \u201cpreliminary assessment\u201d under the EU\u2019s \u201crule of law mechanism\u201c. Critics of Poland\u2019s right-wing government protested at changes to the constitutional court and media laws. 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