# Polish president has ‘no competence’ to appoint judges, says EPP MEP

https://mins.news/en/item/125106

- euronews, 2026-11-02 08:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/11/02/polands-president-has-no-competence-to-appoint-judges-says-epp-mep

> European People's Party MEP Michał Wawrykiewicz said President Karol Nawrocki was “trying to block the restoration of Rule of Law” in Poland. Tensions over the country's Constitutional Tribunal escalated on Friday.

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