Deadly Shooting in Kraków as Poland’s Political Crisis Deepens

The shooting comes amid an escalating political battle over Poland’s judiciary. On October 30, Constitutional Tribunal judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska suspended the court’s president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and its vice president, Bartłomiej Sochański, for one month, deepening the dispute between Tusk’s pro-European government and the conservative camp over judicial appointments and independence. President Karol Nawrocki opposes recognizing the new appointments, while the government argues that the proper functioning of state institutions must be restored.

Separately, an opposition attempt to impeach Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński failed. In a parliamentary vote, 212 lawmakers supported the motion and 235 opposed it. It was the third attempt to impeach Kierwiński during the current parliament’s term.