# Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal crisis: a decade-long dispute over legitimacy

https://mins.news/en/item/123644

- euronews, 2026-10-31 11:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/polands-constitutional-tribunal-crisis-explained-a-decade-long-dispute-over-legitimacy-of-

> The dispute began in 2015, when Poland’s two main political camps, PO and PiS, clashed over appointing five judges. It grew into a broader conflict over judicial independence, the Tribunal’s composition and the authority of its rulings.

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