BRUSSELS — Poland has escalated a six-year struggle with the European Union over the rule of law after the country’s constitutional court ruled it did not have to comply with an order from the bloc’s supreme court over its oversight of judges.
The decision by the Polish court on Wednesday followed an order by the top E.U. court, the European Court of Justice, to suspend a disciplinary “chamber” that critics say has been used by the ruling Law and Justice party to intimidate judges not to its liking.
Poland’s top court said that the European court, which is based in Luxembourg, did not have the power to impose such orders under Poland’s Constitution.