Polish PM Tusk: No room for compromise on judicial independence
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk addressed the nation on Saturday evening. He said it is his duty as head of government to defend the independence of the judiciary and that there can be no compromise on the issue.
Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, addressed the country's public on Saturday evening, 31 October, and focused on the independence of the judiciary.
In the speech, he stressed that defending this independence is his duty as head of government. According to Tusk, there is no room for compromise on the question of judicial independence.
He also said that the alternative to the rule of law is what he called the "rule of the jungle".
The source gives no further details about the specific event or decision that prompted the address, so none are included here.
