02 November 2026
The Oath “Towards” the President and the Suspension of the Chief Justice
On Friday, 30 October, amid protests and riots in front of the Constitutional Tribunal, a group of judges elected to it this year by the centrist parliamentary majority entered its premises. One of these judges, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, suspended the court’s president and vice-president for 30 days for obstructing its work. The escalation follows months of conflict in which Polish President Karol Nawrocki refused to receive the oath of the duly elected new judges, a largely ceremonial act that completes their election. Continue reading >>
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11 June 2025
Anatomy of a Liberal Fall
In Poland, just one week ago, Karol Nawrocki – a virtually unknown, PiS-backed candidate with a murky past – surprisingly defeated Rafał Trzaskowski, deputy leader of the centrist Civic Platform and mayor of Warsaw. How could such a random figure triumph over an experienced and popular politician? In this commentary, I argue that Trzaskowski’s defeat was no accident, but the latest chapter in a longer political story – one shaped by public frustration, broken promises, the emptiness of Polish liberalism, and anti-elitist sentiment present in the society. Continue reading >>
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