The Co-Chairs of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group in the European Parliament have condemned the Tusk government’s actions against Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal as a violation of the rule of law. They expressed support for President Karol Nawrocki’s defence of the constitutional order and warned European institutions against ignoring these developments.

ECR Co-Chair Nicola Procaccini said:

“The Tusk government’s actions constitute a clear and grave violation of the rule of law. We condemn this attack on judicial independence and Poland’s constitutional safeguards. No government stands above the law.”

“We support President Nawrocki in defending Poland’s constitutional order. The European institutions must not avert their eyes from what is happening. Respect for national sovereignty and judicial independence must remain a matter of principle, unaffected by political alliances.”

ECR Co-Chair Patryk Jaki said:

“Yesterday, Tusk’s left-liberal government used the police to forcibly install its own people, posing as judges, in the independent Constitutional Tribunal. It then had the police block access for the legitimate judges.

“The police also barred Members of Parliament from entering the building and attempted to prevent the President of the Republic, Karol Nawrocki, from entering. He had cut short his trip to Senegal to defend democracy in Poland.

“No one should remain indifferent to what is happening in Poland. Tusk wants to seize control of the Constitutional Tribunal to remove a crucial check on his government’s power. The European Union, which so often invokes the rule of law, now remains silent while Poland’s constitutional order is under attack.”