Polish court crisis deepens as protesters clash with police in Warsaw

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Police remain deployed around Poland's Constitutional Tribunal after protesters breached a security perimeter in Warsaw, with three people detained and objects thrown at officers during chaotic scenes. The crisis escalated as President Karol Nawrocki entered the court, while judges moved to suspend tribunal president Bogdan Swieczkowski and his deputy, a decision the existing leadership rejects as a "coup d'état." Prime Minister Donald Tusk's camp and Nawrocki's allies each claim to defend Poland's constitutional order, leaving police guarding an institution at the center of an escalating power struggle.


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