Police deployed during stand-off over control of Poland's top court7 minutes agoAdam EastonWarsaw
EPA/Shutterstock A woman looks at police officers standing guard outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw. Photo: 30 October 2026EPA/Shutterstock
Officers were faced down by critics of the move outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw

A political stand-off over Poland's top court, the Constitutional Tribunal, has broken out after the government suspended its two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.

Polish Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said he had requested stripping the court's President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański of their immunity from prosecution to bring criminal charges against them.