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The government of Belgium has put its capital Brussels on maximum security alert due to a "serious and imminent" threat of attacks. Nathan Frandino reports.
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
Brussels (Belgium), Sep 7 (EFE) .- (Camera: Jorge Ocaña) The European Commission on Tuesday took a new step in the defense of the rule of law in the European Union by asking the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) fine Poland for failing to guarantee the independence of judges.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER OF JUSTICE, DIDIER REYNDERS.
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
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