Polish prosecutors charge Constitutional Tribunal officials for blocking new judges

Polish prosecutors have charged the director of the Constitutional Tribunal's chancellery and the commander of the Tribunal Guard with obstructing the work of four newly appointed judges, suspending them from duty and banning them from the premises. This marks an escalation in the ongoing rule-of-law conflict between the government and the Tribunal, which has been a flashpoint in EU-Poland relations. The charges signal a hardening stance by the current administration against Tribunal resistance to judicial reforms.