(ANSA-AP) - BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER 5 - The European Union's top
court has ruled that a Polish law lowering the retirement age
for judges and setting different ages depending on their gender
violates EU law.
In a setback for Poland's right-wing government, the European
Court of Justice said in Tuesday's ruling that the 2017 law
lowering the age of retirement for women to 60 and for men to 65
- down from 67 - "introduced directly discriminatory conditions
based on sex." The court rejected Poland's argument that it
could be seen as positive discrimination and said measures
giving the justice minister the ability to retain certain judges
beyond their retirement age could breach judicial independence.
Since the Law and Justice party came to power in 2015, Polish
government authorities have increasingly taken control of the
judicial system, replacing judges and prosecutors forced into
retirement with their own picks. (ANSA-AP).
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