Crisis in Poland: The Polish Constitutional Court has declared that a coup is taking place in the country. Earlier, the police blocked the building of the Constitutional Court, and its leadership powers were suspended. An announcement about the suspension of the powers of Chairman Bohdan Shwichkowski and Deputy Chairman Bartolomeo Sochanski was published on the court's website, and now there are many protesters near the building. The country's president Karol Noruki has urgently cut short his state visit to Senegal and is returning to Warsaw. Political forces give opposite assessments of what is happening. Former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski called the situation a "hijacking of the court" and warned of the risk of turning Poland into a police state. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, on the contrary, emphasized that restoring the rule of law is the government's duty, even if this path turns out to be difficult. The conflict surrounding the tribunal has continued since the change of power in 2023. Tusk's government seeks to change the judiciary reformed under the Law and Justice Party (PiS), but the plans are facing opposition from President Noruki and PiS supporters. The main trigger for the current escalation was the dispute over the appointment of the judges. In March 2026, the parliament elected six candidates, but only two were sworn in by the president. The remaining four were sworn in by parliament, but the chairman of the court did not allow them to work. In May, the European Court of Human Rights demanded that these judges not be hindered in the performance of their duties.

Crisis in Poland: The Polish Constitutional Court has declared that a coup is taking place in the country. Earlier, the police blocked the building of the Constitutional Court, and its leadership powers were suspended. An announcement about the suspension of the powers of Chairman Bohdan Shwichkowski and Deputy Chairman Bartolomeo Sochanski was published on the court's website, and now there are many protesters near the building. The country's president Karol Noruki has urgently cut short his state visit to Senegal and is returning to Warsaw. Political forces give opposite assessments of what is happening. Former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski called the situation a "hijacking of the court" and warned of the risk of turning Poland into a police state. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, on the contrary, emphasized that restoring the rule of law is the government's duty, even if this path turns out to be difficult. The conflict surrounding the tribunal has continued since the change of power in 2023. Tusk's government seeks to change the judiciary reformed under the Law and Justice Party (PiS), but the plans are facing opposition from President Noruki and PiS supporters. The main trigger for the current escalation was the dispute over the appointment of the judges. In March 2026, the parliament elected six candidates, but only two were sworn in by the president. The remaining four were sworn in by parliament, but the chairman of the court did not allow them to work. In May, the European Court of Human Rights demanded that these judges not be hindered in the performance of their duties.