Fearing ‘Polexit’, Poles join mass pro-EU rallies

Demonstrations in more than 100 towns and cities across Poland on Sunday as Brussels-Warsaw tensions simmer.

More than 100,000 Poles have rallied in support of European Union membership after a controversial court ruling raised concerns the country could eventually leave the bloc.

Protest organisers said demonstrations took place in more than 100 Polish towns and cities on Sunday, and several cities abroad.

The marches came after Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday that parts of EU law are incompatible with the country’s constitution, undermining the legal pillar on which the 27-nation bloc stands.