A Constitutional Settlement Is Poland’s Only Hope Kisilowski, Maciej Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-9390-6818 Wojciuk, Anna Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-8573-0026 Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-06-18 eng
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 In Poland, the narrow defeat of liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski by the ultra-conservative Karol Nawrocki in the June 1st presidential election marked a turning point. The possibility of restoring the pre-2015 constitutional order has effectively vanished. But this does not mean Polish democracy is doomed. Poland’s European partners must recognize the dramatic shift Polish voters delivered. Rather than fixating on the formal legality—or illegality—of the dizzying array of judicial reforms and counter-reforms enacted since 2015, the time has come to encourage all sides to pursue a national constitutional settlement. This new framework must address not only judicial independence but also the deeper social and political polarization now defining Polish life. CC BY-SA 4.0 Kisilowski, Maciej elections Poland Rule of Law rule of law crisis Semi-presidentialism 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-constitutional-settlement-is-polands-only-hope/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/00faf3768744d546 250618 10.59704/00faf3768744d546 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)