Poland Plunged into Constitutional Crisis Over Tribunal Suspensions

Poland faced a constitutional crisis after Constitutional Tribunal president Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy were suspended for a month by a judge.

President Karol Nawrocki interrupted a trip to Senegal and returned to Warsaw as tensions escalated between Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government and the opposition.

Riot police were deployed outside the tribunal building after protesters breached fences, resulting in three detentions amid competing claims over judicial legitimacy.