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7 Years of Rule of Law Crisis: How CJEU and ECHR Defended Rule of Law in Poland in 2022? - Patryk Wachowiec, 4Liberty.eu | 2023-03-10
more- The Court in Strasbourg played a fundamental role in preventing the crisis by providing temporary protection to fifteen judges affected by repressions of the government. It also extended the protection of judges to instances where they perform functions other than judicial, and began to investigate the real purpose of the violation of their rights by the Polish authorities.
FOR Communication 7/2023: The European Commission sues the politicized Constitutional Tribunal to the CJEU. Will this affect National Recovery Plan? | 2023-03-02
After the Commission's complaints to the Court of Justice regarding judges of common courts and the Supreme Court, the Disciplinary Chamber or the so-called Muzzle Act, this time the institution used strongest measure in its arsenal. The complaint that was related to the politicization of the Constitutional Court and its undermining of the foundations of EU law was filed to the court in Luxembourg. Some commentators, as in the case of previous complaints, are of the opinion that the EU does not have the competence to take action regarding Polish courts. This is a myth that should be scattered in the context of the CT case. Finally, one should consider the impact of this complaint on the possible payment of funds to Poland from the Recovery Fund.
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FOR Communication 5/2023: Administrative court protecting the rule of law. FOR’s successful intervention | 2023-02-07
moreThe December ruling of the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Gdańsk (case III SA/Gd 1173/21) is indisputably a breakthrough. For the first time, the administrative court overruled the order of the president of the court, ordering a month-long break in the duties of a judge, having previously considered itself competent to review this act.
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FOR Communication 4/2023: High inflation in Poland is caused by the Monetary Policy Council | 2023-02-06
moreCore inflation in Poland in December 2022 was 11.5%, while the average in the European Union was 5.97%, and in the euro zone alone it was 5.2%. These huge differences in core inflation prove that the Polish monetary policy was pro-inflationary. These pro-inflationary mistakes had to be made mainly in 2020-2021.
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FOR Communication 3/2023: Additional tax on apartments: from myth to very bad policy | 2023-01-26
moreAccording to the increasingly popular narrative, apartments purchased for investment purposes are almost synonymous with unoccupied buildings, that is uninhabited properties. The villains are investors, both institutional (real estate funds) and individual (wealthy individuals). They allegedly buy apartments from the market in order to "speculatively" refrain from placing them on the market in anticipation of a further increase in real estate prices, thus deepening the housing shortage.
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Leszek Balcerowicz appointed as FOR president | 2023-01-13
moreFrom 14th of January, the work of the Civil Development Forum Foundation will be led by the founder of FOR, Leszek Balcerowicz. Sławomir Dudek and Patrycja Satora are leaving the Foundation.
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FOR Communication 1/2023: The real deficit is even bigger - as much as 345% of what the government presents | 2023-01-04
moreAccording to the estimates of independent experts - former longtime employees of the Ministry of Finance, the real budget deficit may amount to over 235 billion PLN. That's 345% of what the government presents.
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