Mateusz Piotrowski

Political scientist (Warsaw University) and theologian (University of Nottingham). President of Reform & Solidarity Centre

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The fight for control of the Constitutional Tribunal is eroding Poles’ trust in their own state.

WARSAW, POLAND- OCTOBER 31: Riot police officers stand at the entrance of the Constitutional court as a right wing supporter holds the Polish flag and shouts slogans during a standoff between the Polish government and the Constitutional Court's top judges on October 31, 2026 in Warsaw, Poland. Riot police were deployed here last night amid escalation tensions that arose after the justice minister requested stripping the court's President and Vice-President of their immunity from prosecution, to face criminal charges. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has vowed to depoliticize the court, whose majority were appointed by his predecessor from the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS). (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)

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