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  • Kaczyński said on 17 October 2026 that the moment may come to defend the NBP, linking the stakes to the euro and deeper EU integration.

  • Kaczyński accused Civic Platform and its coalition partners of winning on a 'great lie' and of offering 100 proposals they knew could not be implemented.

Photo: Gov.pl, CC BY 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons, cropped). File photo, 2023

Jarosław Kaczyński, chairman of Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość), opened the demonstration in front of the Constitutional Tribunal after the national anthem was sung. He said the moment may soon come to stand before the National Bank of Poland (NBP) and defend it. In his account, the issue is not the people who work there but the euro and a wider plan for European Union integration, which he claimed would reduce Poland to a mere object.

Kaczyński also accused Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) and its coalition partners of winning power through a 'great lie', and described their 100 concrete proposals as fraudulent promises they knew could not be carried out. He argued that the formula used to win was still in use today.

“This government only survives because it lies, lies and lies again.”

Jarosław Kaczyński, chairman of Law and Justice

Kaczyński closed by saying the stakes were also at stake for the demonstration itself, and he thanked attendees for the large turnout.

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  • NIEZALEZNA.PL1 h agoKaczyński addressed protesters in front of the Constitutional Tribunal: “Such is the stake”Kaczyński zwrócił się do protestujących przed TK: ''Taka jest stawka'' · original in Polish
  • NIEZALEZNA.PL1 h agodemonstration in front of the Constitutional Tribunalmanifestacja przed TK · original in Polish
Jarosław Kaczyński
Chairman of Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) who addressed the demonstration in front of the Constitutional Tribunal
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Kaczyński warns of defending central bank at Constitutional Tribunal rally

Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński addressed a demonstration in front of the Constitutional Tribunal on 17 October 2026, saying the National Bank of Poland may soon need to be defended.

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