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

https://mins.news/en/video/125116

- euronews, 2026-11-02 08:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLjPAAEP3OQ

> European People’s Party MEP Michał Wawrykiewicz said President Karol Nawrocki was “trying to block the restoration of Rule of Law” in Poland. He said the president had no competence to appoint judges, as tensions over the Constitutional Tribunal escalated on Friday.

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