Politics

Nearly four decades on, Poland’s argument over the state has no end in sight [ANALYSIS]

Stuart Dowell
 02.11.2026, 17:04
Police outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw as a dispute over judicial appointments erupted into an extraordinary political confrontation. PAP/Radek Pietruszka
Police outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw as a dispute over judicial appointments erupted into an extraordinary political confrontation. PAP/Radek Pietruszka

The row over five judges only tells us so much about how Poland ended up here.