Poland's government is engaged in a dispute with the EU over its judicial reform.
The fact that President Andrzej Duda and the President of the Supreme Court are now proposing to completely revise the system of judicial discipline condemned by the European Court of Justice does not mean that Poland's rights will respond to the criticism of the EU Commission and the Luxembourg court.
Because the national-conservative PiS government has deliberately brought about the reasons for the European criticism: Since its election victory in 2015, it has been forming a judiciary that is under its political control in all parts.
It is well advanced with it;
the Constitutional Court has become an executive organ of government.
Judgment should come to nothing
Like its Hungarian model, the PiS has so far only responded to criticism by the EU by making formal changes, but never by making concessions on the matter.
Much (including statements from the ruling party) suggests that new legal regulations have a tactical purpose: They should lead to the most recent judgment of the ECJ coming to nothing and the proceedings having to start all over again.
Next week we will see in more detail how far the Polish government wants to go in the confrontation with the EU. Then the Constitutional Court is expected to rule on the question of whether the EU treaty violates the Polish constitution.