I think that the reforms that the Polish government is making will reduce the independence of the judiciary and as an independent judiciary is one of the cornerstones of a modern democratic country I don't necessarily think that these reforms are good.
It makes you wonder whether Poland is turning away from the Western world and back towards Russia.
Two other things happened in BREXIT land today.
1) It was announced that banks from EU countries will be allowed to operate in The City as they are now and there will be no restrictions post BREXIT. This is a shrewd move by HMG as (a) it takes the moral high ground over Barnier, who has announced that financial services will not be part of any UK/EU FTA and (b) as time goes on after BREXIT, I suspect that the UK will adopt a lighter regulatory approach over financial services than the EU and EU banks will use their UK base for global operations.
2) Barnier announced that any transition period post BREXIT will end on 31st December 2020. This is also good in my view as it will halt any attempts to keep the UK in some sort of endless transition period, and everyone from a street sweeper to the Chairmen of the big blue chips will know when the UK is finally out of the EU!