Polish far-right leader Braun to face second trial
Prosecutors have indicted him for a series of anti-Ukrainian, anti-Jewish, anti-LGBT and anti-EU acts.
Grzegorz Braun, a Polish far-right leader, will face a second trial after prosecutors filed an indictment against him for anti-Ukrainian, anti-Jewish, anti-LGBT, and anti-EU actions committed during his presidential election campaign last year. The district prosecutor's office in Warsaw announced the indictment on November 4, 2026, after the European Parliament stripped Braun of immunity earlier this year.
The charges include criminal defamation for claiming that daffodils symbolizing the 1943 Jewish Ghetto Uprising are "symbols of shame," theft of Ukrainian and European Union flags, destruction of property for vandalizing an LGBT+ exhibition, and attacking a Jewish religious ceremony in parliament. Braun, who is already on trial for other alleged crimes, faces prison sentences of up to five years for destruction of property and up to one year for criminal defamation and theft.
The deputy leader of Braun's party, Roman Fritz, was also indicted for assisting in the theft of the EU flag, while four other men were indicted for their roles in stealing both the EU and Ukrainian flags.
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