https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59064883The EU's top court has told Poland to pay a daily fine of €1m (£850,000) in an row over judicial reforms.
Earlier this year, Poland was ordered to suspend a controversial disciplinary chamber but has not yet done so.
Poland has repeatedly been at loggerheads with the EU over changes that are seen as weakening the independence of Polish courts.
This month, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal angered European leaders by in effect rejecting the primacy of EU law.
The ruling said parts of EU law were incompatible with the Polish constitution, prompting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to speak of a "direct challenge to the unity of the European legal order".
The original case was taken to the tribunal by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in a bid to prevent Polish judges using EU law to challenge his government's judicial changes.
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An opinion poll on Tuesday suggested that 40.8% of Poles believed their government should concede defeat and end the row, while another 32.5% said it should compromise.
A central plank of Poland's controversial reforms is a disciplinary chamber of the Supreme Court that critics argue is being used to punish independent judges because it has the power to sanction the content of their rulings.
