Poland faces big political fight over the courts

The Prime Minister and the President are clashing over the country’s legal system, leaving the government and the economy in a tough spot.

Poland is going through a messy political struggle right now. The country’s Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, is clashing with the President, Andrzej Duda. The two men don't see eye to eye on how the government should be run. At the center of this fight is the country’s court system. Prime Minister Tusk wants to change how judges are picked for the Constitutional Court. This court is very important because it decides if laws follow the country’s rules. The European Union, which represents a group of countries that includes Poland, says the Parliament does have the right to pick new judges. But …