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Update: Poland's President Nawrocki holds crisis talks with party leaders over the Constitutional Tribunal as protests continue; the Left refuses to attend

Published 5:00 PM CT, Saturday, October 31, 2026 · Updated 5:17 PM CT
In the 5 PM CT update

Polish President Karol Nawrocki met party leaders at the Presidential Palace on Saturday, including Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński, over the Constitutional Tribunal dispute while protesters stayed outside the court, Polskie Radio reported, citing PAP; the Left declined to attend. Overnight Nawrocki had pushed his way into the tribunal and told judges elected by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's majority, "You are not judges," after one of them suspended the court's PiS-named president, Bogdan Święczkowski, Politico Europe reported. Nawrocki accused the government of "forcibly seizing a constitutional institution."

• Poland
• Karol Nawrocki
• Donald Tusk
• Constitutional Tribunal
• Bogdan Święczkowski
• Jarosław Kaczyński
• Rule of law
• Warsaw
• NATO ally