Donald Tusk says Medvedev backing in court row shows "support among pro-Russian forces globally"

Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, is defending his push to restructure the constitutional court after its president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, and his deputy were suspended. Both were appointed by the opposition Law and Justice party, whose leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, called the move destructive to Polish democracy; Swieczkowski labeled it a coup, and protests by party supporters turned violent. President Karol Nawrocki, allied with the party, returned from a state visit and entered the court. Tusk accused the party and president of misrepresenting the situation and harming the rule of law. In that dispute, Tusk pointed to Dmitry Medvedev’s endorsement of the opposition camp as evidence of foreign backing aligned with Russia, arguing the party’s campaign was drawing encouragement from abroad. The clash matters because it intensifies a long-running conflict over judicial control and EU funding.