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The temporary suspension on 30 October 2026 of the two judges who had usurped the leadership of Poland’s unlawfully composed Constitutional Tribunal produced startling images of a police cordon around the court and a chaotic confrontation with the president of the Republic. Radical-right political movements in Poland and abroad quickly portrayed the intervention as a coup d’état. Legally, however, the intervention marked an important – and necessary - step towards restoring the rule of law.
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