Czarzasty asks Nawrocki to consider not inviting Braun's Confederation to the National Security Council

The proposal

On Thursday, 29 October, Sejm Marshal Włodzimierz Czarzasty said at a press conference that he had sent President Karol Nawrocki a letter suggesting the president consider not inviting Konfederacja Korony Polskiej to the National Security Council (Rada Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, RBN). Czarzasty argued that if the council discusses armaments or secret matters, he is not sure the Braun group would keep such information from leaving the room. He said he felt obliged to inform the president of his views and that the president would take full responsibility for any decision.

The Council meeting has been called for Tuesday, 3 November, at 15:00 and will be closed to the public. Head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) Bartosz Grodecki wrote on X on 27 October that the session will cover current national security issues and the plan to build a permanent base for US troops in Poland.

Coalition reactions

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, speaking before a trip to the United States, criticised Nawrocki, saying the president treats his office as a "springboard to a party-political career" and is courting Grzegorz Braun's circle. Sikorski said he would not discuss Poland's security in the presence of the Confederation's representatives. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński, asked on Radio Zet, said the Braun party's activists are, in his words, influence agents of those from the East, and that the president should not invite them.

“I understand that the president has a soft spot for these pro-Russian antisemites from Braun's camp.”

Presidential spokesman Rafał Leśkiewicz replied on X that every MP has access to classified information at the "secret" level under current law. He argued that the custom has long been to invite the heads of parliamentary clubs and circles to the Council, and that if the ruling coalition has doubts, it should change the law, which it has a Sejm majority to do.

The opposition view

PiS deputy leader Przemysław Czarnek said all democratically elected parties in the Sejm should take part in the Council, which would include Konfederacja Korony Polskiej. Czarzasty said the Lewica club would decide its own position if the invitation stands, and that no coalition member would share secret information at such a meeting.

“I think the president should not invite them.”

The dispute also touches on Jarosław Kaczyński's remarks at the Krynica Forum 2026 about changing the European Union, which Czarzasty cited while criticising the Braun party's position on leaving the EU.