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Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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But first.

In Poland this month, a battle over the rule of law is coming to a head.

It carries some uncanny echoes of the country's past.

Poland used to be a communist country, so it is familiar with governments that run the courts.

Matt Steinglas is our Europe correspondent.

And there's this very funny phrase in Poland, Lex Telefonica, meaning rule by telephone.

Basically in the old days, if you had a court case, some politician or you know, aparatic party central would often call up and tell the court how to rule.

And what they're worried about is that that's the kind of thing that we're going to see again in the future.

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