Poles rally to defend EU membership

Demonstrators wave European Union and Polish flags in support of EU membership during a demonstration in Warsaw (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Poles gathered in cities across the country to show support for the European Union after the nation’s constitutional court recently ruled that the Polish constitution overrides some EU laws.

Donald Tusk, the top opposition leader in Poland and a former EU leader, called for the protest, casting it as an effort to defend the country’s continued membership in the 27-nation EU.