Polish President Andrzej Duda has ratified one of three judicial reform bills which have led to days of protests. <br /><br />Duda gave a green light to a law which allows the justice minister to hire and fire senior judges in ordinary courts.<br /><br />Demonstrators say it was not enough that he vetoed plans to sack all supreme court judges. <br /><br />However, the veto has also put him at odds with the ruling Law and Justice party of which he was once a member. <br /><br />But it’s also put him on a potential collision course with the EU and the US.<br /><br />Officials are to meet in Brussels on Wednesday to decide whether to use a rare “Article 7” censure process which would effectively punish Poland for not respecting the bloc’s common laws or values. <br /><br />The EU says if planned reforms led to politicians dismissing any judges the would push ahead with action<br />
