Constitutional requirements of access to civil service in the light of the Polish Constitution of 2nd April 1997

The major interest of the article’s author is the issue of citizenship as a condition limiting access to civil service. Joining the European Union by Poland has resulted in a fact that Poland has been bound by Community regulations, which, because of the principle of primacy of Community law, have a privileged position over national regulations. One of the bedrocks of the internal common market is the free movement of people. The freedom in regulations has been limited with regards to the employment in public administration. However, it must be noted that, according to the well-founded judicature in this area, employment in public administration should be highly defined, that is as execution of public powerand functions aimed at the protection of general interests of the state. In this area, the national legislator has a right to limit the access to employment in public administration to its own citizens only.