Poland: Donald Tusk calls for protests after a controversial verdict

Poland: Donald Tusk calls for protests after a controversial verdict

These are troubled times in Poland. After a controversial ruling by the Constitutional Court, which sees EU law in conflict with Polish law, opposition leader Donald Tusk has also spoken out.

A controversial ruling by the Polish Constitutional Court continues to make waves. Now a political heavyweight has spoken out. Former EU Council President and Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk called for protests against the verdict on Twitter.

According to Donald Tusk, people in Poland are supposed to demonstrate on Sunday

“I call on everyone who wants to defend a European Poland to come to Palace Square in Warsaw at 6 p.m. on Sunday,” he wrote on Thursday evening. “Only together can we stop them.” Tusk is the acting chairman of Poland’s largest opposition party, the liberal-conservative Civic Platform.

Poland’s constitutional court ruled on Thursday that certain elements of EU law violate the Polish constitution. This gave national law priority over EU law. This decision met with a negative response in Brussels. It is fueling the conflict between the EU Commission and Warsaw over the reform of the Polish judicial system.

Poland’s national-conservative PiS government has been restructuring the judiciary for years. Critics accuse her of putting judges under pressure. Because of the reforms, the EU Commission has already opened several infringement proceedings against Warsaw and filed suits with the European Court of Justice.

Constitutional Court ruling: Donald Tusk calls on the people of Poland to protest against the government

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