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Nerozzi, T. (2026, October 30). Polish president scrambles back from overseas trip amid Donald Tusk-led ‘coup d’état’ at police-swarmed Constitutional Tribunal. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4786243/karol-nawrocki-poland-coup-d-etat-donald-tusk/
Nerozzi, Timothy. “Polish president scrambles back from overseas trip amid Donald Tusk-led ‘coup d’état’ at police-swarmed Constitutional Tribunal.” Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4786243/karol-nawrocki-poland-coup-d-etat-donald-tusk/.
Nerozzi, Timothy. “Polish president scrambles back from overseas trip amid Donald Tusk-led ‘coup d’état’ at police-swarmed Constitutional Tribunal.” Washington Examiner, October 30, 2026. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4786243/karol-nawrocki-poland-coup-d-etat-donald-tusk/.
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As of October 30, 2026, President Karol Nawrocki of Poland canceled his trip to Senegal and returned to Warsaw, amid claims by his allies that a "coup d'état" is taking place. The Metropolitan Police Headquarters in Warsaw confirmed that police were conducting statutory activities at the premises of the Constitutional Tribunal, the country's highest court, following a forced leadership change. Security has been removed from the tribunal’s building and barriers put up to maintain public order. President Nawrocki, aligned with the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, faces internal political turmoil as his allies accuse opposition leader Donald Tusk of orchestrating this event.
President Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s head of state aligned with the right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS), canceled a Friday trip to Senegal and is heading back to Warsaw amid what his allies are calling a “coup d’état.”
Authorities have removed security from the premises and put up barriers around the area as they attempt to restore “public order” amid a forced change of leadership.