Poland’s top court turns into battleground as Tusk and pro-Trump president clash

Poland's top court, the Constitutional Tribunal, has become a battleground as Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki, a pro-Trump ally of the nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS), clash over the suspension of the tribunal's leadership. The suspension was triggered by a dispute over the appointment of new judges, with the tribunal president Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański, being suspended by Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska.

Tusk defended the move, saying it was necessary to restore the rule of law after years of political interference in the judiciary under PiS, which governed Poland for eight years until 2023. Nawrocki, who opposes the suspension, called it a "forcible takeover of a constitutional institution" and accused Tusk's government of attempting a coup.

The dispute has roots in 2015, when PiS challenged judicial appointments made by the outgoing government and introduced wider judicial changes that critics said increased political influence over the courts.

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