brussels poland new prime minister say thursday expect european commission launch unprecedented punishment procedure warsaw next week months wrangle rule law several thousand people gather poland large towns thursday even protest judiciary system overhaul upper chamber parliament discuss propose legislation mateusz morawiecki take poland premier week defend judicial change push two years predecessor law justice pis party say necessary heal court western european union peer bloc executive commission opposition home democracy advocate say reform undermine court independence put direct government control legislation parliament would virtual free hand choose members national judiciary council krs body decide judicial appointments promotions right early reserve chiefly judge second bill envisage low mandatory retirement age supreme court judge 65 years 70 would force significant part leave well eurosceptic nationalist pis change state media prompt commission threaten many months launch so-called article warsaw pis face renew accusations muzzle free media poland media regulator slap 415,000 fine lead u.s.-owned news broadcaster tvn24 coverage opposition protest parliament last year morawiecki reject view penalty amount assault freedom media poland say country 38 million people enjoy full media pluralism expect tvn challenge move court would make final call pis also lock horn eu large-scale log unique bialowieza forest warsaw say necessary keep woods healthy brussels environmental group say violate wildlife protection laws bitter feud migration morawiecki thursday call political hot potato add grow isolation bloc large ex-communist country since pis elections late 2015. article would see poland government denounce undemocratic could lead suspension warsaw vote right eu latter however unlikely would require unanimous back eu state something pis ally hungary vow block morawiecki speak ahead first summit eu leaders brussels seem accept blow come process start far understand decision already make next wednesday european commission plan start procedure likely trigger tell reporters start unfair procedure us end certainly talk partner senior eu official say commission head jean-claude juncker would still seek dissuade warsaw go ahead two judiciary laws pass poland low chamber parliament must still go pis-dominated upper house sign pis-allied president take effect court change go trigger article senior official say change postpone january see morawiecki stick gun court poland refusal host refugees reach bloc say poland would respect final rule bloc top court bialowieza forest far warsaw continue log despite interim order court stop immediately morawiecki add would seek convince france soften stance reform bloc labor laws president emmanuel macron want tighten see give much competitive edge cheap labor poor eastern europe expense france workers poland 's new pm see punishment brussels come