Polish President Karol Nawrocki convened emergency talks after the chief judge of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Swieczkowski, was suddenly suspended. Far-right and nationalist parties attended, along with some coalition partners, while Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition stayed away. Tusk argues the tribunal's judges are not neutral and that the suspension restores the rule of law. The European Commission has urged the president to accept new judicial nominations.

Poland's tribunal is the same court that tightened the abortion ban in 2020, so its independence and make-up matter directly for secular rights and for how far religious doctrine shapes law in a European democracy.

Source: Al Jazeera (2026-11-01)

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