A coup took place in Poland. Major events of the last night: - The police blocked the building of the Constitutional Court, the supreme body that checks whether the country's laws comply with the constitution. A notice appeared on its website about the suspension of the powers of Chairman Bogdan Sonczkowski and his deputy; - President Karol Noruki cut short his state visit to Senegal ahead of time and is returning to Poland; - Former Prime Minister Jaroslav Kaczynski accused the current Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, of seizing the court and warned of the threat that the country would become a "police state"; - Tusk said the government has an obligation to restore rule The law, even if the process is difficult; - the conflict surrounding the judicial system has continued since 2023, when Tusk's team came to power. His government is trying to change the reforms introduced by the previous Law and Justice Party (PiS). However, President Noruki and supporters of the previous government oppose this; - A new round of conflict related to the appointment of judges of the Constitutional Court. Parliament elected six, but the president took the oath of office from only two. Four more were not allowed to work, even though the European Court of Human Rights demanded that they not be prevented from doing so. According to local media, Tusk is now planning to remove President Noruki from power. The police have already started arresting protesters near the Constitutional Court.

A coup took place in Poland. Major events of the last night: - The police blocked the building of the Constitutional Court, the supreme body that checks whether the country's laws comply with the constitution. A notice appeared on its website about the suspension of the powers of Chairman Bogdan Sonczkowski and his deputy; - President Karol Noruki cut short his state visit to Senegal ahead of time and is returning to Poland; - Former Prime Minister Jaroslav Kaczynski accused the current Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, of seizing the court and warned of the threat that the country would become a "police state"; - Tusk said the government has an obligation to restore rule The law, even if the process is difficult; - the conflict surrounding the judicial system has continued since 2023, when Tusk's team came to power. His government is trying to change the reforms introduced by the previous Law and Justice Party (PiS). However, President Noruki and supporters of the previous government oppose this; - A new round of conflict related to the appointment of judges of the Constitutional Court. Parliament elected six, but the president took the oath of office from only two. Four more were not allowed to work, even though the European Court of Human Rights demanded that they not be prevented from doing so. According to local media, Tusk is now planning to remove President Noruki from power. The police have already started arresting protesters near the Constitutional Court.