Polish Constitutional Tribunal chief says ‘constitutional coup’ is under way
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Prime minister says shake-up is vital to restore tribunal crippled by years of political disputes Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed to see through a contested overhaul of the country’s constitutional court, declaring that...
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a TV address on Saturday that the Constitutional Tribunal in its current format isn’t independent.
The statement comes after a confrontation outside the Constitutional Tribunal building on Friday night, broadcast live on television, that has pushed a decade-old dispute into the wider European political debate.
In a dramatic move, Nawrocki turned back his plane, which he was heading to Senegal on, late on Friday and headed for the court headquarters in central Warsaw, following Swieczkowski's suspension.
Riot police have been guarding the court since Friday afternoon, with several hundred protesters gathered to demand the reinstatement of the president of the country’s Constitutional Tribunal.
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Polish President Seen Physically Pushing Way Into Top Court Amid Pro-EU Tusk's 'Judicial Coup' It is approaching 24 hours since Poland was dramatically plunged into a Constitutional crisis. Starting Friday night,...
Dramatic scenes unfolded in Poland as President Karol Nawrocki was seen pushing past people, including a Constitutional Court judge, while entering the country's top court building amid a deepening judicial crisis....
The dispute over control of Poland's top court spilled onto the streets of the capital on Friday evening after the court's president and his deputy were suspended. Opposition figures called it an attempted coup, and...
Judge's suspension is part of a long dispute over politicisation of the Constitutional Tribunal under former government.
Poland's deep political divide has resurfaced with a vengeance - this time over the country's top court. The pro-EU government is trying to remove judges appointed by the previous national-conservative administration, whose supporters...
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Poland’s centrist government says it is restoring judicial independence after years of far-right political interference.
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Poland’s president has cut short a trip to Senegal, joining protesters facing off with police.
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Poland PM Donald Tusk's government has been trying to force out the top court's judges, who were appointed by the previous right-wing government. Covered by 5 outlets: 3 are centre, 2 lean right.
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Dozens of officers guarded the entrance to the Constitutional Court in Warsaw on Friday as protesters gathered outside, with some chanting 'Tusk traitor'.
Police have responded to the incident.
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Poland's president accuses Tusk of forced takeover of country's top court Reuters Protests erupt around a top court in Poland after its president is suspended Los Angeles Times Poland crisis explained: a dispute over...
Riot police were deployed outside Poland's top court after a row between the government and the top judges escalated. The top court's president and his deputy were suspended on Friday, with the opposition leader...
Riot police were deployed around the court.
Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki called off a visit to Africa in mid-flight, as riot police deployed around the country’s constitutional court on Friday following the suspension of its chief justice in a battle...
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