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BERLIN — Germany’s justice minister is welcoming possible European Union sanctions against Poland because of that country’s controversial judicial reforms.

Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday told the weekly paper Bild am Sonntag that “the independence of the judiciary is in danger in Poland.” He says “somebody who gives so little respect to the rule of law has to accept that he isolates himself politically.”

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