Is Poland heading for a ‘Polexit’?

The World

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of cities across Poland yesterday in protest of last week’s court ruling. The country’s constitutional court declared that parts of EU law were incompatible with the Polish constitution. The ruling effectively undermines the legal bedrock upon which the whole European Union is based. Protesters and opposition politicians are worried this could mean the beginning of the end for Poland’s membership in the EU. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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