http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200327-005553-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-court-gives-with-one-hand-and-takes-away-with-the-other/ The Court gives with one hand and takes away with the other - The CJEU’s judgment in Miasto Łowicz Spieker, Luke Dimitrios eng 2020-03-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 judicial independence Referral to the ECJ Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On March 26, the CJEU released a surprising – if not to say disappointing – judgment on the Polish system of disciplinary measures against judges. While the Court confirmed the ample material scope of Article 19(1)(2) TEU, it simultaneously restricted the procedural possibilities to remedy infringements via the preliminary reference procedure.