If ‘Europe will be forged in its crises’, then this is the crisis of our times. In a joint public statement (also available in Polish) on the recent developments in Poland, the four European Associations of Judges and Prosecutors today call upon the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council:

• to act institutionally towards Polish national authorities and the heads of the Polish executive branch to immediately restore the rule of law;
• to take all necessary measures and activate all instruments enshrined in the Treaties, in order to guarantee the respect for the EU legal order.