(FILES) A protester waves the flags of Poland and the European Union in front of the Polish Constitutional Court following a sentence regarding the appointment of judges in Warsaw on December 3, 2015. Poland's controversial top court, which critics have accused of being under the sway of the conservatives, ruled on December 11, 2023 that all EU fines imposed for non-compliance with provisional European court decisions were unconstitutional. (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)