Polish President Andrzej Duda turned back from a trip to Senegal as tensions escalated over the suspension of the chief justice of the constitutional court, per NBC News.
Police were deployed to the Supreme Court following the ouster of the head judge, with dozens of protesters demonstrating outside the courthouse, Bloomberg reports.
The political standoff has sparked widespread protests and accusations of a 'coup' as the judiciary's independence is called into question, according to Al Jazeera.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: Political standoff. Its words also reach E10 institutions.
Here it is a dynamic between states and institutions: Polish President, political standoff, judiciary's independence and widespread protests (E12 states), with Supreme Court and head judge (E10 institutions).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Polish President, political standoff, judiciary's independence, widespread protests, coup.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: Supreme Court, head judge.