Internal tensions are escalating in Poland and the new governing coalition has signaled that an investigation may be launched against central bank head Adam Glapinski. On Thursday the Constitutional Court got its hands on this possible plan to launch an investigation.
A centrist government led by Donald Tusk took office in mid-December, ending PiS’s eight-year rule. Tusk wants to bring Poland back into mainstream EU politics.
The Tusk government recently targeted Polish central bank head Glapinski, linked to the former ruling party. However, Tusk has softened his stance on Glapinski and recently abandoned plans to prosecute the central bank chief. Christine Lagarde, head of the European Central Bank (ECB), also expressed support for Glapinski in December.
Tusk had previously accused Glapinski of cutting interest rates too quickly just before Poland’s parliamentary elections in October. Glapinski has denied the allegations.
However, the governing coalition still wants to remove Glapinski from office. Poland’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that politicians cannot remove Glapinski from office under current parliamentary rules.
The latest decision from the Constitutional Court deepens divisions in the Polish justice system. PiS has previously implemented several controversial judicial reforms, which critics and the EU say threaten judicial independence and rule of law principles. PiS-appointed judges also set the tone for the Constitutional Court.
However, Tusk wants to reverse PiS’s judicial reforms, which would allow Warsaw to access EU funding. This led to opposition opposition.
PiS plans to hold a mass demonstration in Warsaw this week to protest the Tusk government’s agenda.
2024-01-11 16:04:00
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