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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets Polish leaders for the European Commission's assessment of Poland’s national recovery and resilience plan. IMAGES
EU defence ministers meet as concern rises over the situation to Europe’s east, with a build-up of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border and a migration crisis at the Belarus-Poland border. IMAGES
At the European Parliament in Strasbourg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the Commission "will act" to prevent Poland undermining EU values and cohesion after its top court rejected the supremacy of parts of EU law. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission is concerned by a ruling by Poland's highest court that EU treaties are incompatible with its constitution and will use all the "tools at its disposal" to ensure the primacy of EU law in Poland, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders says. SOUNDBITE
Pro-EU demonstrators gather outside the Polish Constitutional Court as it readies to deliver a verdict on the validity of EU law in the country. Poland has said it would fight an order from the EU's top court to suspend a "disciplinary chamber" for judges, part of a long-running row over judicial reform. Poland and the EU have been at loggerheads for years over the reforms and Brussels has promised to take strong action against what it sees as a flouting of democratic norms. Poland argues it should be allowed to adopt the judicial reforms it wants and has accused Brussels of a high-handed approach that could split the European Union. IMAGES
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