Polish President Nawrocki launches council to draft a new constitution by 2030

President Karol Nawrocki has authorized a 47-member advisory council to prepare a "new-generation" constitution by 2030, with the goal of giving the directly elected President greater executive authority. The council, made up of constitutional experts and politicians, is largely composed of figures from the former Law and Justice party and Confederation, as members of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centre-left coalition have refused to participate.

Nawrocki argues that one outlet system splits executive power ambiguously between the President and Prime Minister, and he prefers a model that enhances the President’s role, citing examples from France and Germany. The ruling coalition maintains that a new constitution is unnecessary and that securing the two-thirds parliamentary majority required for amendment is implausible. The political stalemate has already led Fitch and Moody’s to place Poland’s sovereign ratings on a negative outlook, citing the President’s record of over 40 vetoes and refusal to sign government-backed judicial nominees as constraints on policy implementation.