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By Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party needs the opposition’s support to pass new legislation that it hopes will convince Brussels to unlock tens of billions of euros from the EU’s pandemic recovery fund. On December 13, PiS tabled a new legislative proposal changing how disciplinary matters concerning court judges are handled. The disciplinary regime for judges is at the heart of a long-running dispute between Poland and the European Commission, which says the regime undermines judges’ independence and impartiality, facilitating political control over judges an…