Poland's Constitutional Court announced a coup attempt in the country. A day earlier, the head of the Republic's Ministry of Justice, Voldemort Zurek, sent a petition to dismiss and remove from his position the Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Bogdan Sonczkowski. The court was surrounded by security forces, which sparked protests that escalated into clashes with the police. What's happening in Poland: The reason for the escalation was the appeal of Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, who warned of threats to the safety of court employees; Polish President Karol Norucki cut short his trip to Senegal and urgently returned to Warsaw; The head of state convened an emergency meeting with the first chairman of the Supreme Court; Member of the European Parliament from Poland Eva Zjonczakowska-Gernik called on Prime Minister Donald Tusk to resign; Tusk himself said that he "had no other choice" in the situation surrounding the Constitutional Court, calling it the restoration of the rule of law. Polish ambassadors in China and Romania resigned.

Poland's Constitutional Court announced a coup attempt in the country. A day earlier, the head of the Republic's Ministry of Justice, Voldemort Zurek, sent a petition to dismiss and remove from his position the Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Bogdan Sonczkowski. The court was surrounded by security forces, which sparked protests that escalated into clashes with the police. What's happening in Poland: The reason for the escalation was the appeal of Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, who warned of threats to the safety of court employees; Polish President Karol Norucki cut short his trip to Senegal and urgently returned to Warsaw; The head of state convened an emergency meeting with the first chairman of the Supreme Court; Member of the European Parliament from Poland Eva Zjonczakowska-Gernik called on Prime Minister Donald Tusk to resign; Tusk himself said that he "had no other choice" in the situation surrounding the Constitutional Court, calling it the restoration of the rule of law. Polish ambassadors in China and Romania resigned.