# Polish president cuts short trip as constitutional crisis escalates

https://mins.news/en/item/123080

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-30 20:36 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/protests-erupt-in-poland-over-composition/

> President Karol Nawrocki cut short his Senegal trip on Oct. 30 and returned to Warsaw as a dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal’s leadership intensified. Tribunal leaders rejected their reported suspensions and accused those responsible of attempting a coup; Prime Minister Donald Tusk said restoring the rule of law requires decisive action.

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