# Polish president fights through crowds to get into country’s top court amid ‘coup’ claims in battle between Donald Tusk’s centrist government and nationalist Right

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/polish-president-fights-through-crowds-to-get-into-countrys-top-court-amid-coup-claims-in-battle-between-donald-tusks-centrist-government-and-nationalist-right/
- Published: 2026-10-31T15:46:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T16:03:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16254403/Polish-president-fights-crowds-court-coup-claims.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Nawrocki returned from Senegal amid protests at Poland’s top court.
- The dispute centres on the suspension of court president Bogdan Swieczkowski.
- The clash reflects a wider struggle over the court and rule of law.

## Summary

Polish President Karol Nawrocki pushed through a crowd of protesters to enter the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, after its chief judge was suspended. The confrontation has intensified a dispute over the court between Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-EU government and the nationalist Right, with the court’s official account and protesters describing the move as a “coup”.

Nawrocki turned his plane around during an official trip to Senegal and returned to Warsaw, where he met the suspended court president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, and another senior judge. Police arrested three people who tried to enter the court complex. Tusk’s government says it is seeking to restore the rule of law in a court whose judges were appointed under the previous Law and Justice government; Nawrocki has blocked government nominations to the court.

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