Poland's President Calls Political Parties to Talks After Police Act at Top Court
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There is a big political problem in Poland. It is about the Constitutional Tribunal. This is a very important court in Poland.
The police went to the Tribunal. This made the problem much bigger. Some people say it was like a coup. A coup means a sudden, unfair way to take power.
The president of Poland is the top leader of the country. He wants to stop the crisis. He has called a meeting with all the political parties.
A party is a group of people with the same political ideas. The president wants the parties to talk together. He wants them to find an issue. Here, issue means a solution.
News reports say the president was also blocked by police at one point. This shows the crisis is very serious.
Many people in Poland are worried. They want to know what will happen next. The meeting with the parties could help solve the problem.
Vocabulary15 words
- Constitutional Tribunal
- a very important court that checks if laws are correct
- coup
- a sudden, unfair way of taking power
- president
- the top leader of a country
- parties
- groups of people with the same political ideas
- issue
- here: a solution to a problem
- crisis
- a very bad and serious problem
- police
- people whose job is to keep order and stop crime
- political
- about government and power
- leader
- a person who guides a group or country
- power
- control over a country or people
- court
- a place where laws are decided
- blocked
- stopped from moving or doing something
- serious
- very important or dangerous
- meeting
- when people come together to talk
- solve
- to find an answer to a problem
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1. The Constitutional Tribunal 2. The Constitutional Tribunal 3. True
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There is a big political problem in _____. It is about the Constitutional _____. This is a very important court in Poland.
The _____ went to the Tribunal. This made the problem much bigger. Some people say it was like a _____.
The _____ of Poland is the top leader of the country. He wants to stop the _____. He has called a meeting with all the political _____.
A party is a group of people with the same political ideas. The president wants the parties to talk together. He wants them to find an _____.
News reports say the president was also _____ by police at one point. This shows the crisis is very _____.
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