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Urgent: EU triggers Article 7, launches unprecedented censure against Poland

Xinhua,December 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

BRUSSELS, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission has triggered Article 7 and launched an unprecedented censure against Poland over a judicial reform dispute, the commission said Wednesday in a statement.

"There is a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law in Poland," it said.

Dubbed so-called "nuclear option", Article 7 has never been triggered against any EU member state before. Enditem

 

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