29Article 72 TFEU, which provides that Title V of the FEU Treaty is not to affect the exercise of the responsibilities incumbent upon Member States with regard to the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security, cannot be read in such a way as to confer on Member States the power not to apply a provision of EU law, in this case Article 16 of Directive 2008/115, based on no more than reliance on those responsibilities (see, to that effect, judgment of 2 April 2020, Commission v Poland and Others (Temporary mechanism for the relocation of applicants for international protection), C‑715/17, C‑718/17 and C‑719/17, EU:C:2020:257, paragraphs 145 and 152).
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