# Polish president holds crisis talks amid constitutional court standoff

https://mins.news/en/item/124049

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-01 00:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/1/polish-president-holds-crisis-talks-in-court-standoff?traffic_source=rss

> Poland’s dispute over the independence of its top constitutional court is deepening. President Karol Nawrocki held urgent talks with political figures, but the governing Civic Coalition stayed away. Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused conservative nationalist opposition leaders of seeking to destroy democracy and the rule of law, while the European Commission urged Nawrocki to accept nominations for new judges.

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