Nawrocki’s first referendum request was rejected by the Senate, but he has now proposed a new question.
Nawrocki’s first referendum request was rejected by the Senate, but he has now proposed a new question.
President Nawrocki, however, continues to refuse to swear in four other judges chosen by parliament.
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The PM also unveiled a group of ten party figures who will “lead us into battle” at next year’s parliamentary elections.
The chief justice’s decision, which was widely expected, deepens an unprecedented crisis around the court.
The development marks a further twist in Poland’s rule-of-law crisis.
Aleks Szczerbiak
The president’s veto has crystallised deep divides and turbocharged the government’s “Polexit” narrative.
He also said that Israel is “certainly violating international and humanitarian law” with its actions in Gaza and Lebanon.
While Nawrocki accepted two new judges chosen by parliament, he refused to receive the oaths of four others.
Karol Nawrocki, a close ally of Donald Trump, praised the US president as a “true friend of Poland”.
The meeting was strongly criticised by Poland’s own government.
Preliminary analysis indicates the bill may be unconstitutional, says the speaker of the Sejm.
The president could refuse to swear in the new judges, deepening Poland’s rule-of-law crisis.
It says the €44bn will still reach Poland, but will be harder to spend without the vetoed law.
Karol Nawrocki argued that the SAFE programme would indebt Poles for decades and threaten national sovereignty.