POLAND VERSUS THE BASIC EU PRINCIPLES OF THE RULE OF LAW

Abstract

The employment law and social policy of the European Union, analyzed from the perspective of the Republic of Poland, reveal a serious difference between the views of Polish state authorities and EU institutions on employment and social security matters regulated by national labour law provisions in force in the RP. The CJEU ruled that the RP failed to fulfill the obligations resulting from the membership in the EU. The state authorities of the RP are trying to undermine this concept as part of the “reform of the judiciary”. They do not pay attention to its core, which is the limitation of state sovereignty in matters relating to the autonomy of judges and the independence of courts, but contest the interference of EU institutions in matters relating to the organization of the judiciary.