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Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday vetoed controversial judicial reforms that had prompted huge street protests and threats of unprecedented EU sanctions.

“I have decided to send back to parliament – therefore, to veto – the law on the Supreme Court, as well as the law on the National Council of the Judiciary,” Duda said in a televised declaration.

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