Poland’s Constitutional Crisis Explained

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In this video, we’re going to explain why seven judges in Poland stormed the Constitutional Tribunal; why it’s not easy to see a resolution; and why the EU might be tempted to intervene.

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0:00 Poland’s Very Confusing Constitutional Crisis Explained
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Sources

Pre-Crisis context
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9868/
https://oeil.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/document-summary?id=1517452
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/article-7-procedures/timeline-the-story-of-article-7/
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/c3a44f52-03a0-11ee-87ec-01aa75ed71a1

Crisis explanations
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/whats-behind-polands-constitutional-crisis-2026-11-02/
https://apnews.com/article/0a346b1633cef7360277500a1273773f
https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/polands-constitutional-tribunal-crisis-explained-a-decade-long-dispute-over-legitimacy-of-

New judges taking oath in front of Sejm
https://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm10.nsf/komunikat.xsp?documentId=9D046A3DC4944B36C1258DD4003CB412

EU opinion on PiS reforms
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/upholding-rule-law/rule-law/commission-rule-law-framework_en

ECHR rulings against PiS
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng/?i=001-210065
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-211127
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-213200
https://hudoc.exec.coe.int/?i=004-58570

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