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Tusk vows contested tribunal overhaul

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed Saturday to press ahead with a contested Constitutional Tribunal overhaul, while President Karol Nawrocki accused his government of violating constitutional order.

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by Anne Applebaum Reposted by Laurent Pech

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In 2020, I wrote about the Law and Justice government's assault on the judiciary. This is the background you need to understand what is happening in Poland today.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Disturbing Campaign Against Poland’s Judges
Democracy depends on the rule of law. But the leading party treats the Polish judiciary as a mere obstacle to power.
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October 31, 2026 at 10:13 PM

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rfi.fr
Pologne: le bras de fer s'intensifie entre le Premier ministre Tusk et le président Navrocki
Pologne: le bras de fer s'intensifie entre le Premier ministre Tusk et le président Navrocki
En pleine crise politique en raison du bras de fer sur la composition du Tribunal constitutionnel, le président polonais a mené ce samedi 31 octobre des consultations avec les représentants des partis de la majorité centriste et de l'opposition nationaliste pour trouver une issue à la crise politique et institutionnelle, sans résultats tangibles. Son adversaire frontal, le Premier ministre Donald Tusk, a de son côté dénoncé ceux qui, selon lui, veulent « détruire la démocratie », allusion au président qui bloque la nomination de nouveaux juges constitutionnels, désignés par la majorité centriste.
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October 31, 2026 at 9:44 PM

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lemonde.fr
« La Pologne ne s’est pas éteinte et ne s’éteindra pas », déclare Donald Tusk alors que le pays est plongé dans une grave crise politique liée au Tribunal constitutionnel
« La Pologne ne s’est pas éteinte et ne s’éteindra pas », déclare Donald Tusk alors que le pays est plongé dans une grave crise politique liée au Tribunal constitutionnel
Le refus du président nationaliste Karol Nawrocki de valider les nominations de juges au Tribunal constitutionnel a déclenché une grave crise au sein de l’institution, dont le président controversé a été écarté par d’autres juges nommés par le camp du premier ministre centriste, vendredi, avant une intervention de la police.
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October 31, 2026 at 8:44 PM

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by Nicola Giocoli

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Gazeta Wyborcza
Tusk's Address | It was about the strength of democracy and the strength of the 'aggressive strongman'. The first will not yield to the second

The prime minister told the nation: there will be no compromise with Nawrocki regarding the Constitutional Tribunal.

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Gazeta Wyborcza
Bogdan Święczkowski promises further breaches of the law

Bogdan Święczkowski, suspended head of the Constitutional Tribunal, does not rule out that a group of seven judges will rule 'in other places' — that is, outside the Tribunal building and even without legally elected by the Sejm judges who took their oaths in the president's presence.

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by Alberto Alemanno

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5. Beware to false equivalence

If the Polish government is trying to repair an institution captured under PiS, its opposition is striving to retain some control through illegal means.
October 31, 2026 at 7:21 PM

by Alberto Alemanno

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1. The Polish Constitutional Tribunal is not a lawful court

The CJEU has ruled that it is not a tribunal previously established by law, owing to serious irregularities in the appointment of 3 judges and its President (C-448/23). The ECtHR (Xero Flor v Poland, 2021) and Venice Comm reached same
October 31, 2026 at 7:19 PM

by Alberto Alemanno Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

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There’s a lot of confusion around Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal crisis.

Here’s what you must know:
October 31, 2026 at 7:18 PM

by Alberto Alemanno Reposted by Giuseppe Martinico, Anne Applebaum, Lina Gálvez‐Muñoz , and 1 more

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Gazeta Wyborcza
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on actions concerning the Constitutional Court: "A dangerous precedent that raises concerns about the future"

The legal grounds for Constitutional Court judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska's order to suspend the president of the Constitutional Court Bogdan Święczkowski from official duties are doubtful — this is the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights' board's stance on the situation around the Constitutional Court.

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efe.com
Caos institucional en Polonia por un conflicto de legitimidad en el Tribunal Constitucional.

Caos institucional en Polonia por un conflicto de legitimidad en el Tribunal Constitucional - EFE
Caos institucional en Polonia tras una noche de tensión por un conflicto de legitimidad en el Tribunal Constitucional.
efe.com
October 31, 2026 at 4:07 PM

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by Taras Kuzio

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by John R. Lott

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HVG
Polish president says suspending the Constitutional Court's leaders violates the constitutional order

Karol Nawrocki personally appeared at the Constitutional Court at night, where he told the parliament-appointed but not sworn-in judges: 'You are not the Constitutional Court judges'.

Polish president says suspending the Constitutional Court's leaders violates the constitutional order
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