Poland Moves Against Top Court in a Showdown With the Opposition

Bloomberg Politics30 October 2026, 20:33 UTCPoland

Poland took a step toward removing the chief justice of the country’s top court, kicking off a showdown with the nationalist opposition ahead of a parliamentary election next year.

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