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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
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
The European Commission warns Poland that it would demand fines against Warsaw if the authorities refused to conform with a ruling from the EU's top court on judicial reforms. Warsaw and Brussels have been at loggerheads for years over reforms pushed through by the Polish government, which is led by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party. The Polish law on reforming the judiciary, which came into force in February last year, prevents judges from referring questions of law to the European Court of Justice. SOUNDBITE
President of the European Council Charles Michel continues talks with EU leaders regarding the proposed longterm budget for the bloc. After a night of tough talks, leaders and diplomats poured doubt on the chances of reaching an agreement at this summit for the EU's seven-year post-Brexit budget. IMAGES
Poland's new right-wing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki meets with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels for talks focused on the EU's unprecedented disciplinary procedure against Warsaw over its controversial judicial reforms, which Brussels says threaten the rule of law. IMAGES
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