President vs. Prime Minister: The confrontation in Poland reaches a new level - Anadolu. The political crisis in Poland has entered an open phase of confrontation between Donald Tusk's government, President Karol Nawrocki, and the conservative opposition. The latest trigger was the struggle for control over the Constitutional Tribunal: Tusk accuses the Law and Justice (PiS) party and the head of state of undermining the rule of law, while Nawrocki calls the government's actions an illegal seizure of a state institution. The situation has reached the point of involving the police to guard the court and a public clash between the president and the judges. At the same time, the parties show no willingness to compromise. Tusk insists on the legitimacy of the new judges elected by the parliamentary majority and promises to ensure their work, rejecting the possibility of concessions to opponents. Nawrocki, in turn, convened emergency consultations with parliamentary parties, and PiS representatives announced their intention to initiate a vote of no confidence in the government and proposed forming a technical cabinet before the next elections. Thus, the dispute over the judicial system is gradually turning into a full-scale crisis of state institutions. The problem is that the conflict has long gone beyond the appointment of specific personnel and become a struggle for the interpretation of the country's own constitutional system. Each side sees its own actions as the restoration of legality, and the actions of opponents as a usurpation of power. The lack of a universally recognized mechanism for resolving contradictions, the mutual denial of the legitimacy of decisions, and the approaching parliamentary elections create conditions for further escalation. So far, neither Warsaw nor the presidential palace has shown a willingness to back down, and the prospects for a political settlement remain unclear. International brief