Constitutional Tribunal Schedules Court Bill Hearing For May 30

Wires report that Poland's Constitutional Tribunal will hold a hearing to review the Supreme Court legislation on May 30.

• We can confirm that a hearing on the President's request for a constitutional review of the court bill has appeared on the docket (available online here).
• The adoption of court reforms is one of the key conditions for the disbursements of post-COVID EU recovery funds earmarked for Poland.
• Parliament passed the bill early this year but President Andrzej Duda referred it to the Constitutional Tribunal for review.
• The Tribunal can block the adoption of legislation that it deems to be incompatible with the constitution and its decisions cannot be appealed.
• There has been considerable uncertainty about the timing of the hearing amid a procedural dispute over the expiry of Chief Justice Przylebska's term.