Tusk Cries 'Russian Interference' As Opposition Pushes No-Confidence Vote For Court Takeover

What happened: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk is proceeding with a contested overhaul of the Constitutional Tribunal, which critics including Supreme Court First President Zbigniew Kapiński call a coup d'etat. Why it matters: Kapiński warned the government could attempt a similar takeover of the Supreme Court itself, and The Economist described the conflict as a full-blown constitutional crisis. Tusk vowed to see the overhaul through, saying "in certain matters, there can be no compromise.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk is proceeding with a contested overhaul of the Constitutional Tribunal, which critics including Supreme Court First President Zbigniew Kapiński call a coup d'etat.

Kapiński warned the government could attempt a similar takeover of the Supreme Court itself, and The Economist described the conflict as a full-blown constitutional crisis. Tusk vowed to see the overhaul through, saying "in certain matters, there can be no compromise.