Protests turn tense at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal after Swieczkowski removal

La Repubblica places the demonstrations in Warsaw, where protesters opposing the action against Swieczkowski confronted security forces. Some demonstrators threw objects at police and crossed the court’s perimeter fence, according to reports from La Repubblica and France 24. Police responded by strengthening security around the tribunal, with riot police deployed outside, and several protesters were detained.

The exact legal status of Swieczkowski’s departure is not settled in the supplied reporting: France 24, La Repubblica and ANSA describe a suspension, while Deutsche Welle describes him as fired or sacked. The reports nevertheless agree that the dispute over his position triggered the protest outside the tribunal.

Deutsche Welle reported that Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the firing or removal as a step intended to restore the rule of law. That position places the street confrontation within a broader dispute over the government’s handling of the Constitutional Tribunal, although the supplied sources do not provide further details about the legal process behind the decision.

The scale of the detentions also remains unclear. France 24 reported that several people were detained, while La Repubblica gave a specific figure of at least three. ANSA separately reported that Nawrocki interrupted a trip to Africa in connection with the episode, but the available material does not identify Nawrocki’s full name or explain why the trip was interrupted.

The episode leaves three central questions unresolved in the available reporting: whether Swieczkowski was legally suspended, fired or otherwise removed; how many people were detained; and what prompted Nawrocki’s interrupted trip. The confirmed picture is of a confrontation at the tribunal following a contested change in its leadership, with the government and protesters offering sharply different views of the move.