This article advances the thesis that disciplinary proceedings may constitute a tool for breaking the rule of law in Poland. In 2017, as part of a package of legal changes to the judiciary, a disciplinary system was created in Poland to ensure that judges were subservient to the political will of the authorities. From the beginning, new disciplinary officers appointed by the Minister of Justice (the Prosecutor General) have targeted judges who disagree with unconstitutional changes to the judiciary. Disciplinary proceedings are by no means repressions that affect judges who demand that other authorities respect the rule of law in Poland. The article discusses, on a step by step basis, the practical mechanisms taken by the political authorities to break the rule of law in Poland. Particular attention is paid to the measures which have been taken concerning the judiciary. The article discusses the judgment of the CJEU on 19 November 2019 in combined cases C-585/18, C-624/18, and C-625/18 and the implementing resolution of the combined Civil, Criminal and Labour and Social Insurance Chambers of the Supreme Court on 23 January 2020 as well as the collapse of the rule of law in Poland from a practical perspective. The analysis of the recent events shows that after the so-called Muzzle Law (A bill amending the Act on the Organization of Ordinary Courts, the Act on the Supreme Court and the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary was submitted on 12 December 2019, and then voted on by the parliamentary majority in the lower house of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) on 20 December 2019.) came into force, the application of the resolution of the combined Civil, Criminal and Labour and Social Insurance Chambers of the Supreme Court on 23 January 2020 implementing the CJEU judgment in the joined cases C-585/18, C-624/18, and C-625/18 of 19 November 2019 can be and, in fact, is penalized by further disciplinary proceedings, which constitutes a real threat to the already weakened rule of law. Institutions and, above all, judges who are safeguarding the rule of law are being destroyed.

本文提出了以下论点：纪律处分程序可能构成破坏波兰法治的工具。2017年，作为对司法机构进行法律改革的一揽子计划的一部分，波兰建立了纪律处分制度，以确保法官服从当局的政治意愿。从一开始，由司法部长（总检察长）任命的新纪律人员就针对那些不同意司法机构违宪变更的法官。纪律处分绝不会影响要求其他当局尊重波兰法治的法官。文章逐步讨论了政治当局为打破波兰法治所采取的实际机制。特别注意已采取的有关司法部门的措施。本文讨论了欧洲法院于2019年11月19日对C-585 / 18，C-624 / 18和C-625 / 18合并案的判决以及民事，刑事，劳动和社会保险合并分庭的执行决议2020年1月23日最高法院的裁决以及波兰法治的崩溃从实践的角度来看。对最近事件的分析表明，在所谓的枪口法（修订《普通法院组织法》，《最高法院法》和《全国司法委员会法》的法案于2019年12月12日提交之后） ，然后于2019年12月20日在波兰议会下院以议会多数投票表决。）生效，2020年1月23日最高法院民事，刑事，劳动和社会保险联合审判庭的决议在合并案C-585 / 18，C-624 / 18和C-625 /中执行欧洲法院判决的适用2019年11月19日第18号可以甚至实际上受到进一步纪律处分的惩罚，这对已经薄弱的法治构成了真正的威胁。维护法治的机构，尤其是法官，都被摧毁了。