Poland’s fight over its constitutional court gets physical
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The PiS government once degraded the Constitutional Court to its executive body. Trying to restore its independence results in unworthy scenes.
The Prime Minister sent riot police to protect newly elected judges against the Polish President, supported by the PiS, who does not recognize their legitimacy. A way out of the crisis is difficult to seeIn Poland, tensions have risen a little bit this weekend. With unimaginable scenes.Since the centrist Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, defended the beak and nails of new judges appointed to the Constitutional Court against the opinion of President K…
Poland’s constitutional crisis deepens: What does Trump have to do with it? The whole saga explained
Poland plunged into a constitutional crisis over the weekend as Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government attempted to orchestrate a judicial coup against the country's highest constitutional court. The unprecedented move triggered street clashes, the deployment of riot police and an extraordinary intervention by conservative President Karol Nawrocki, a close ally of President Donald Trump.
Poland’s Constitutional Crisis Has Been Brewing For Over a Decade
Last Friday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist, pro-EU coalition government authorised the use of police to force Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal to admit five judges whose legitimacy is disputed by President Karol Nawrocki and by the opposition Law and Justice party (PiS).
The Economist
Poland’s fight over its constitutional court gets physical
A lot of excitement is currently being reported about Poland and commented on on social media. Does Prime Minister Donald Tusk right, who had the Constitutional Court shut down with police force to occupy it with well-intentioned judges? Or President Nawrocki, who calls this one "putsch"? Who of these two destroys or saves the rule of law? Background: The one in December The article It doesn't matter who in Poland has right first appeared on Tic…
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