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17 January 2019 - The 1st Criminal Tribunal at the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court has reacted with concern to the Polish judicial reform and makes extradition for prosecution in Poland subject to the condition that the General Prosecutor's Office provides for the granting of extradition subject to the condition that the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Poland or a person commissioned by him or a representative is entitled to take part in the main trial conducted against the persecuted person and to visit the persecuted person in custody in the event of a conviction (OLG Karlsruhe, Beschluss vom 07.01.2019 - Ausl 301 AR 95/18).
The European Commission has launched two infringement proceedings against Poland for the legal reforms it has implemented, the first of which (Case C-192/18) is already pending before the European Court of Justice, while the second is still in pre-trial proceedings.
Last year, an Irish judge in a landmark decision refused to extradite a suspected drug trafficker to Poland because he was concerned about the integrity of the Polish judiciary.