Politics

Five Quick Questions: Why the Polish president and government are locked in a constitutional crisis

Matthew Day
 06.11.2026, 11:08
A line of Polish riot police officers stands behind metal crowd-control barriers outside the Constitutional Tribunal palace building. Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A line of Polish riot police officers stands behind metal crowd-control barriers outside the Constitutional Tribunal palace building. Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Poland's president and government have clashed over just who controls the country's Constitutional Tribunal.