At this extremely delicate moment in Poland’s history due to the occupation of the Constitutional Tribunal by usurping judges, the massive attack against President Karol Nawrocki and the Polish conservative opposition led by the German media continues. Local journalists are once again attempting to heavily influence Polish political life by openly supporting the actions of Donald Tusk’s government.

“Tusk must break the law to restore the rule of law,” writes Die Welt, justifying the illegal actions of the current government. Süddeutsche Zeitung explains that Tusk’s government is trying to restore the independence of the Constitutional Tribunal, a move opposed by the right-wing opposition. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in turn, writes openly that Donald Tusk is trying to prevent a situation where the right could govern without restrictions after next year’s elections. Publications in the German press also contain offensive language toward the head of the Polish state. The German press described President Nawrocki as a “hooligan” with whom it would be impossible to cooperate.

The media coverage of events related to the occupation of the Constitutional Tribunal by German newspapers is biased and aggressive, clearly showing that the Germans are an active party in political affairs. Therefore, it is necessary to recall a few facts.

During the European People’s Party congress in 2022, a year before the elections in Poland, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, thanking Tusk for his work as group leader, stated: “When we meet again, I will see you as Prime Minister.” It was not a wish; it was a certainty corroborated by the fact that Brussels oligarchs had been working for years to target and destabilize Poland under the conservative government, first and foremost by withdrawing European funds under the pretext of non-compliance with the rule of law. Manfred Weber, head of the European People’s Party (EPP), in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung at the end of June 2023, declared that the EPP was building a “firewall against PiS (Law and Justice)”. He added: “We are the only force capable of replacing PiS in Poland and bringing this country back to Europe”. This German—another one after Von der Leyen—declared openly that he had involved forces external to Poland, the entire EPP, in interfering in the Polish electoral process. And thanks to this pressure and interference, Tusk managed to form a very broad coalition government, even though PiS, Kaczynski’s party, won the elections with 35% of the vote.

Immediately after the formation of the government favored by Brussels, European funds were unblocked even though Tusk did not carry out any reform of the judicial system. The only “reform” consisted in replacing judges with “his” judges. And so, after meddling in the state media, he occupied the National Prosecutor’s Office, also exerting pressure on the National Council of the Judiciary and the National Bank of Poland. Tusk repeatedly stated that his is “combating democracy” (i.e., non-democracy), adding that “we will apply the law according to our interpretation”. In practice, he began to violate laws and the Constitution.

Not everyone knows that all this happening in Poland since the inauguration of the Tusk government reflects the dictates of a German professor living in Warsaw: in short, Tusk has a prompter.

In the autumn of 2023, German commentator Klaus Bachmann wrote in the Berliner Zeitung that “only authoritarianism will lead to change” in Poland. In a subsequent article, he emphasized that a unique experiment was beginning in Poland, which could serve as a lesson for many other countries: a coalition of democratic parties, democratically elected, was attempting to make the country democratic again using undemocratic methods. The German scholar suggested that Tusk’s government coalition should unleash the full force of the police state against the Law and Justice (PiS) party and the then-president Andrzej Duda.

An “experiment,” announced even before Donald Tusk’s government was sworn in, has been unfolding before our eyes for three years. The entire operation is accompanied by a blatant reversal of concepts. The politicians in power in Poland present themselves as defenders of the rule of law, while their actions contradict this very principle and constitute a further step toward the extinction of democratic institutions.

The forced takeover of the media and the National Prosecutor’s Office, and the harassment of institutions such as the National Council of the Judiciary, the National Bank of Poland, and the National Broadcasting Council, perfectly illustrate a policy that ignores the fundamental principles of a democratic state governed by the rule of law. The Constitution provides for the separation of powers, regulating relations between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; instead, Tusk wants to control everything, as shown by the occupation of the Constitutional Tribunal where he sent his closest collaborator, politician and minister Berek.

Poland is in a very grave situation. It is threatened both from the outside and from the inside. The threat of war coincides with the country’s exceptional internal weakness, political discord, social fragmentation, the collapse of state and legal institutions, financial collapse, catastrophic debt, and the loss of economic sovereignty. But these serious problems do not seem to interest Tusk: he is concentrated on fighting the opposition and the new president, Karol Nawrocki, implementing the scenario suggested by Bachmann.

But Bachmann also gives Tusk another piece of advice: oust the President of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), Adam Glapiński, as a solution to the gigantic budget hole created by his government. According to the German, Adam Glapiński is preventing Tusk from receiving the funds he needs, also so as not to lose the upcoming elections.

And Tusk is trying to carry out this move even though he hides behind Parliament: the Constitutional Accountability Committee of the Sejm (lower house of Parliament) accuses Glapiński of having violated the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.

Prof. Glapiński recently received the Lámfalussy Award, one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field of central banking and economics. During the award ceremony on May 17, 2026, Prof. Glapiński’s role in strengthening the resilience of the Polish economy and effectively conducting monetary policy during a period of global economic and geopolitical challenges was highlighted. He is credited with the great merit of having effectively managed monetary policy during periods of extreme turbulence, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the outbreak of war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis. The National Bank of Poland directed by him implemented a historic gold-buying program that increased Poland’s gold reserves from 103 tons to nearly 700 tons! In this way, Poland joined the top ten countries with the largest gold reserves in the world.

And now Tusk wants to strike this man, one of the architects of Poland’s economic success. From Poland’s perspective, this would be an act of self-harm that would lead to a drastic drop in Poland’s credibility in global financial circles. But here too it can be seen that Tusk pays no attention to the country’s interests; he has other priorities that certainly please Brussels and Berlin. Because this great central banker, Glapiński, is a staunch opponent of Poland’s entry into the eurozone. Putting some government puppet in his place would open Poland’s path to the euro, and the European Central Bank could lay its hands on 700 tons of Polish gold.

Tusk’s next moves will show whether he will act according to the interests of the country of which he is prime minister or according to the script written by Bachmann on behalf of the Germans. But everything happening in Poland raises questions about Germany’s increasingly “cumbersome” role in the European Union, which certain Poles now call the EuroReich.

The article in Italian was published in La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana.