Poland: Marine Le Pen deplores “a forced takeover” of the constitutional court

Marine Le Pen, candidate of the National Rally in the presidential election, expressed on Sunday her “deep concern” regarding the political crisis in Poland and deplored “the intervention of the security forces” around the constitutional court in Warsaw.

“We do not restore the rule of law by giving the feeling of freeing oneself from the rules that underpin it. The multiplication of these acts of force within the European Union itself is beginning to seriously raise questions,” she wrote in a post on X.

The RN regularly displays its proximity to Polish nationalist President Karol Nawrocki, elected in 2025 and engaged in a standoff with pro-European Prime Minister Donald Tusk over the appointment of constitutional judges. “The contested suspension of the President of the Court, the intervention of the security forces around this institution seem to be akin to a forced takeover of a constitutional institution,” said the candidate of the far-right party.

A little over a year before the Polish legislative elections, events suddenly accelerated on Friday in Warsaw. The riot police invaded the court site to block access, the Minister of Justice - also Attorney General - requested the lifting of the immunity of his president and a judge newly appointed by the majority announced that she would act in the interim. The European Commission, for its part, took the side of Donald Tusk on Saturday by calling on the Polish president to validate the appointment of judges to resolve the crisis.

“The indifference of the European Union and the silence of the media in the face of the Polish crisis raise legitimate questions: we cannot claim to defend democracy and the rule of law and remain silent when the constitutional balance of a Member State is seriously threatened,” commented Marine Le Pen.