Poland: European Convention on Human Rights deemed inconsistent with Constitution

The Polish Constitutional Court found that part of the European Convention on Human Rights was incompatible with the Polish Constitution. A new challenge to the European Union.

Le Monde with AFP

Relationships are not improving between Warsaw and Brussels. The Polish Constitutional Court found, Wednesday, November 24, part of the European Convention on Human Rights was incompatible with the Polish Constitution, in a new challenge to the European Union (EU).

“The Constitutional Court gets rid of a judgment of the ECHR [European Court of Human Rights] which violated our” judicial, a Tweeted Deputy Minister of Polish Justice, Sebastian Kaleta, with reference to a decision of the ECHR in the spring, concerning a reform controversial of the Polish judicial system, accused by Brussels to undermine the independence of justice.

/Media reports.