{
  "id": 17382332,
  "title": "Poland: Polish Constitutional Court crisis escalates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/polen-krise-um-verfassungsgericht-in-polen-spitzt-sich-zu",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-31T10:05:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/polen-krise-um-verfassungsgericht-in-polen-spitzt-sich-zu/100266281.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Two Polish ambassadors, Pawel Soloch in Romania and Jakub Kumoch in China, have resigned due to the ongoing dispute over the appointment of a new Constitutional Court president. The dispute is between the centre-left government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the right-wing opposition party PiS. The ambassadors cited the attempt to unlawfully take over the Constitutional Tribunal as the reason for their resignations. Both diplomats previously worked with the national-conservative President Andrzej Duda. The dispute has led to the current president and deputy president of the court, Bogdan Swieczkowski and others, stepping down for a month, with Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska taking over as acting head.",
  "summary": "A planned reconstruction of the Constitutional Court is once again dividing Polish society. As a result of the escalation, two ambassadors are now announcing their resignation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Der Standard Wirtschaft",
        "title": "Germany and Austria are working their way out of the crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/deutschland-und-osterreich-arbeiten-sich-aus-der-krise",
        "published": "2026-10-30T14:01:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}