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on five november two thousand and nineteen the court of justice in full support of the commission's position ruled that by lowering the retirement age of ordinary court judges and by granting the minister of justice discretionary power to prolong their active service after reaching the new retirement age poland had introduced unjustified discrimination based on gender and breached the principle of judicial independence and irremovability of judges under article nineteen
the commission's intervention will focus on the most recent developments.
i underlined that any legislative development must comply with the requirements underpinning the eu legal order and should not lead to a further deterioration of the rule of law situation in poland. the commission welcomes the fact that the president of the senate has requested an opinion from the venice commission which visited poland on nine ten january and is due to provide an opinion on the draft
despite the preliminary ruling of the court of justice and the judgment of the supreme court ordinary court judges who seek to implement these rulings are subject to disciplinary proceedings and the disciplinary chamber continues to operate in full.
in this regard i would emphasise that respecting judgments that apply a preliminary ruling from the court of justice is of key importance for the uniform application of eu law.
polish judges who consider sending preliminary references to the court of justice are particularly affected.
for this reason on nineteen december i sent a letter to the polish president the presidents of the sejm and the senate and to the polish prime minister on this draft legislation. the aim of the letter was to recall that the commission wants to work with the polish authorities to strengthen the rule of law by preventing problems and by working towards resolving them when they arise. in the letter i encouraged the polish authorities to consult the council of europe's venice commission on this draft legislation
these measures are urgent and needed in this specific case.
the draft legislation touches upon matters such as the independence of the judiciary further raising the commission's concerns in this area.
for these reasons yesterday the commission decided to make a request for interim measures in the context of ongoing infringement proceedings for the court of justice to suspend the functioning of the disciplinary chamber of the supreme court.
we have observed a number of reactions from the polish authorities criticising the supreme court ruling.
these developments create a risk of irreparable damage for judges who may become subject to a final decision taken by a disciplinary chamber which has been found not to be independent. the continued operation of the disciplinary chamber combined with the launching of new disciplinary proceedings increases the chilling effect on the polish judiciary.
as regards disciplinary proceedings the commission decided on ten october two thousand and nineteen to refer poland to the court of justice in relation to the new disciplinary regime. in particular the commission considered that the new disciplinary regime did not provide the necessary guarantees to protect judges from political control of their judicial decisions. the situation continues to be very serious.
and called on all state bodies not to take forward the proceedings on the new draft legislation before carrying out all the necessary consultations with all stakeholders.
of the treaty on the european union. on nineteen november two thousand and nineteen the court of justice issued a preliminary ruling concerning the independence of the newly created disciplinary chamber of the supreme court.
we need much more progress on phasing out the subsidies and reshaping them to ensure that they are compatible and supportive to biodiversity conservation.
this commission wants the european union to lead on both climate neutrality and the road to the conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversit in kunming in october two thousand and twenty where the world is to agree on the post two thousand and twenty global biodiversity framework.
for example we need to work with businesses and financial actors with the tools to account for their biodiversity dependency and impacts so that they can take the right measures to support and contribute to biodiversity.
let me stress three further important aspects in this context.
for the european union it means leading by example and therefore developing our own european commitments.
as regards the post two thousand and twenty global biodiversity framework we fully support the european parliament's demand for a stronger implementation mechanism and strengthen tools for accountability.
the next multiannual financial framework will be crucial in this regard.
knowing the time it takes to get to implementation this commission is very aware of its responsibility during its five year mandate.
we should agree on one or a small number of clear overarching long term goals similar to the. one five degree objective for climate change in order to maintain political support through the period.