The European Commission supported Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the escalating conflict with President Karol Norucki over the Constitutional Court, Politico writes. The confrontation flared up after Judge Anna Korwin-Pietroska dismissed the chairman of the tribunal, Bogdan Shwiachkowski, and his deputy, Bartlomiej Sochanski, from their positions. The reason was that the leadership of the court for several months did not allow the judges elected by Tusk's parliamentary majority to work. Navrotsky called what was happening an "illegal seizure of power." The president even turned his plane around on the way to Senegal and returned to Warsaw, where after midnight he arrived at the Constitutional Court building and entered into a confrontation with judges challenging his leadership authority. Tusk, in turn, said he was not going to compromise. "On some issues, compromise is impossible. We have waited too long for the treasury of an independent and democratic Poland to now retreat from fear." The European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law, Michael McGrath, told Politico that the appointment of new judges is under the authority of the Polish Sejm. "The Polish Constitutional Court must be able to act in accordance with the Polish Constitution and the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union. This is important for every Polish citizen, and it is the Polish authorities who must ensure this." At the same time, the publication notes, the European Commission did not directly support the decision to impeach the chairman of the Constitutional Court and his deputy.

The European Commission supported Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the escalating conflict with President Karol Norucki over the Constitutional Court, Politico writes. The confrontation flared up after Judge Anna Korwin-Pietroska dismissed the chairman of the tribunal, Bogdan Shwiachkowski, and his deputy, Bartlomiej Sochanski, from their positions. The reason was that the leadership of the court for several months did not allow the judges elected by Tusk's parliamentary majority to work. Navrotsky called what was happening an "illegal seizure of power." The president even turned his plane around on the way to Senegal and returned to Warsaw, where after midnight he arrived at the Constitutional Court building and entered into a confrontation with judges challenging his leadership authority. Tusk, in turn, said he was not going to compromise. "On some issues, compromise is impossible. We have waited too long for the treasury of an independent and democratic Poland to now retreat from fear." The European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law, Michael McGrath, told Politico that the appointment of new judges is under the authority of the Polish Sejm. "The Polish Constitutional Court must be able to act in accordance with the Polish Constitution and the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union. This is important for every Polish citizen, and it is the Polish authorities who must ensure this." At the same time, the publication notes, the European Commission did not directly support the decision to impeach the chairman of the Constitutional Court and his deputy.