In a decision that has caused anger in Brussels and is likely to further damage Poland's troubled relationship with the 27-member bloc, the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw judged that some provisions of the EU treaties and some EU court rulings go against Poland’s highest law.
In a majority decision, the judges said the country's EU membership did not give EU courts supreme legal authority and did not mean that Poland had shifted its sovereignty to the EU. They said no state authority in Poland would consent to an outside limitation of its powers.
Reacting to the ruling on Friday morning, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she was "deeply concerned" and has instructed her executive to analyse it "thoroughly and swiftly" to decide what steps to take.
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Polexit? Fury in Brussels after Warsaw court rules Polish Constitution overrides EU law | Euronews
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