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Polish President to Veto Judicial Reforms After Massive Protests

HeadlineJul 24, 2017

In Poland, President Andrzej Duda says he’ll veto controversial judicial reforms, after days of massive protests against the proposals, which opponents said would have ended the separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary. The proposed measures would have allowed Parliament to appoint Supreme Court judges. The European Union had threatened to bring sanctions over the measures.

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