The author wrote that neither side trusted the other to exercise power legitimately. Each believed its opponent had captured institutions, manipulated legal procedures and threatened the country’s constitutional order. The author added that both sides claimed to be defending democracy, while trust between them had eroded.
Protesters in Lisbon and Porto continue to set up tents in a housing protest, defying the police, while they await the development of negotiations regarding the legality of their presence at the locations. #Manifestações #Habitação #Lisboa (translated)
The author, identifying themself as First President of the Supreme Court, said they firmly condemned attempts to place the state’s constitutional bodies under force or decisions made outside the statutory legal order.
The author of the entry assessed that Prime Minister Donald Tusk calmly and clearly presented in his address the events related to the Constitutional Tribunal. He wrote that the legally elected members of the Tribunal were attacked, and the police protected the institution from the assailants. He assured that there would be no step back in defense of democracy. #demokracja #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Polska #PL (translated)
Polish President Karol Nawrocki called for the restoration of legal and constitutional order and urged the government’s coercive forces sent to the Constitutional Tribunal to leave its premises. https://t.co/GGMrikembV #Polska #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Prawo #PL
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that members of the Tribunal, elected in accordance with the law, were attacked, and the police were protecting the institution from attackers. #Polska #Trybunał #Bezpieczeństwo #PL (translated)
The author referred to Donald Tusk as a "statesman" and wrote that the legally elected members of the Tribunal were attacked, and the police defended them. https://t.co/wyDKMLef00 #Tusk #Polska #Trybunał #PL (translated)
The author said Poland was facing a serious constitutional crisis after events at the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw on Friday, 30 October, and overnight. They described the tribunal as an independent constitutional body. https://t.co/gFSJiZVPaP #Polska #Konstytucja #Prawo #PL
In Paris, protesters defy the legal ban on the use of masks in demonstrations coinciding with Halloween, while expressing their discontent over various social issues under a heavy police presence. #ProtestasParís #Halloween2026 #DerechosCiviles (translated)
Donald Tusk rejects the intervention of the Tribunal, while Karol Nawrocki is leading dramatic changes in the institution, which sparks a political conflict around the legality of actions and the future of judges and their rulings. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Polityka #Praworządność (translated)
The political situation in Poland is intensified by clashes surrounding the Constitutional Court, with Donald Tusk's government facing accusations of a judicial coup and a legal impasse that has dragged on since 2015, complicating the legitimacy of judges elected by Parliament and police actions. #Polônia #Direito #Justiça (translated)
The author described Transnistria as a small territory left after the collapse of the USSR and said it was legally part of Moldova, which Russia also recognised. They wrote that it declared independence during the 1992 Transnistrian War with Russian military assistance and referred to Russian gas subsidies. https://t.co/gqLo440x0x #Transnistria #Moldova #Russia #MD #RU
The Minister of Development, Alexandru Stoica, stated that Romanians who have closed balconies without authorization will not pay additional taxes and that the state will provide assistance to help them regularize their legal situation by August 2027. #balcoaneinchise #codulurbanismului #ministeruldezbaterii (translated)
The Constitutional Court has decided that only companies where teams perform the same work in terms of purpose and scope will be able to benefit from an exemption from the payment of withholding tax, which has led to the introduction of a new subsidiary scheme for teams of different sizes. #travailentéquipe #précomptprofessionnel #légalité (translated)
The author wrote that the crisis surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal was caused by President Nawrocki, who — according to him — violated the constitution by not accepting the oaths from the legally elected judges of the Tribunal. He added that subsequent events had their origin in this irresponsible decision and that the crisis could be easily resolved. #KryzysKonstytucyjny #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Prawo #PL (translated)
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Bogdan Święczkowski announced that the judges he recognizes as "legal" will unite to restore the functioning of the Constitutional Tribunal after he was removed from his duties by the new head, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, which caused protests and concern among legal experts. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Polska #prawo (translated)
The author of the entry wrote that the Constitutional Tribunal should serve judges and not politicians, and attributed full responsibility for the situation in the Tribunal to President Nawrocki. He described it as a situation unprecedented in a democratic rule of law that has been ongoing for several months. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #sędziowie #demokracja #PL (translated)
It's also just illogical. If it's bad to treat care workers that way (which it is) then why is it OK for lab technicians or others legally here who don't mean the new salary thresholds?
