FILE PHOTO: General view of Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland, September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's president said on Friday changes were needed to the country's system for disciplining judges, but did not say what steps he would support that could help Warsaw avoid financial penalties from the European Union.
The EU's top court ruled on July 15 that a disciplinary chamber at the Supreme Court, set up by Poland's ruling nationalists, does not guarantee the judiciary's independence and undercuts the bloc's laws.
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