Dispute over judiciary: After chaos - Poland's constitutional judges want to hold a hearing
Officially, it's about the court's budget for 2027. However, Poland's constitutional judges are meeting in the midst of a power struggle between the government and the president. What's really at stake in the meeting?
Poland's Constitutional Court is set to hold a general assembly of judges on Tuesday, amid a power struggle between the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki. The assembly will discuss the court's 2027 budget, but the meeting is expected to be contentious. President Nawrocki, aligned with the right-wing PiS party, has refused to swear in five new judges nominated by the parliament since Tusk took office. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that these judges must be allowed to work.
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