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The Polish president has held crisis talks with political leaders as a dispute over the independence of the country’s top constitutional court deepens.
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dispute → hold → court
Representatives of nationalist, far-right, and some governing coalition parties attended President Karol Nawrocki’s talks at the presidential palace on Saturday, while Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s governing centrist party, Civic Coalition, stayed away.
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Nawrocki said in a statement that he convened the “urgent” consultations “due to the threat to Poland’s internal security” presented by the sudden suspension on Friday of the Constitutional Tribunal’s chief judge, Bogdan Swieczkowski.
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he → govern → judge
No breakthrough had emerged by Saturday afternoon.
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breakthrough → emerge → afternoon
Meanwhile, in a Saturday evening speech addressing the ongoing crisis, Tusk accused conservative nationalist opposition leaders of wanting to “destroy democracy and rule of law”.
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Tusk → address → law
“Let’s call things by their name,” he said.
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he → call → name
“For years in Poland there exist organisations and politicians who wish to destroy democracy and rule of law.”
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who → exist → law
Followers of the opposition right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) gathered outside the court on Saturday, extending protests that have been running for weeks in support of PiS-friendly judges.
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that → gather → judges
The Constitutional Tribunal is Poland’s top court for deciding constitutional matters.
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Tribunal → decide → matters
It has been at the centre of a years-long political saga related to the politicisation of Polish courts, which Tusk says began under the right-wing PiS government.
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Tusk → relate → government
Swieczkowski, whom the PiS appointed during its 2015-2023 government, was accused of using his powers as head of the court to block parliament from electing new judges.
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PiS → appoint → judges
Tusk argued that the court’s judges were not politically neutral and that Swieczkowski’s removal was a “painful” but necessary decision to restore the rule of law in Poland after years of erosion under PiS rule.
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removal → argue → rule
The court’s official X account on Friday described the government’s move as a “coup d’etat”.
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account → describe → d’etat
Nawrocki, himself a right-wing figure, has also blocked nominations to the court under his administration.
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Nawrocki → block → administration
A key complaint brought by Tusk and his pro-European party was that the court’s PiS-aligned judges frequently ruled in favour of Polish legislation over EU law.
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judges → bring → law
The European Commission on Saturday urged Nawrocki to accept the nomination of new judges at the centre of the country’s constitutional crisis, the AFP news agency reported.
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agency → urge → crisis
US Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose called for calm on all sides.
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Rose → call → sides
“The last thing Poland needs is a confrontation that spirals into something far worse,” Rose wrote in a post on X.
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Rose → need → X.
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