http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/b6ef3cbd848e477f https://verfassungsblog.de/poland-constitutional-amendment/ Untying Ulysses From The Mast - (Why) Does Poland Need A (New) Constitution? Śledzińska-Simon, Anna Hudský, Jakub eng 2025-09-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarian Populism constitutional amendment Poland Populist Constitutionalism Presidentialism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The first months of the new President of the Republic of Poland’s term leave little room for doubt. Karol Nawrocki is not only planning to initiate the adoption of a new constitution by 2030 – he is already changing the current one, adopted in 1997. In light of this political declaration, one might ask: Why does Poland need a new constitution? But the question doesn’t end there. Regarding President Nawrocki’s proposed constitutional changes we must also ask: What kind of constitution does he have in mind, and what does he seek to achieve through the adoption of a new one?