The European Commission says Poland has taken “insufficient measures” in responses to environmental crises in 2022 and 2024.
Daniel Tilles
European Parliament strips four Polish opposition MEPs of immunity
The quartet are radical-right leader Grzegorz Braun, two members of the national-conservative PiS party, and a politician from the far-right Confederation.
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Polish constitutional court declares EU fines against Poland violated constitution
A member of Poland’s incoming ruling coalition called the ruling “the final chord in PiS’s war against the EU”.
Warsaw cinema screens live feed from parliament amid change in government
The organiser says that thousands of people have expressed interest in tickets, far more than they can accommodate.
EU approves first €5 billion for Poland from recovery funds
Brussels has until now withheld funds over rule-of-law concerns, but the new money comes from a separate part of the package.
Tusk names members of new Polish government likely to take office next week
Donald Tusk hopes to be sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday next week.
Polish parliament approves investigation into abandoned 2020 postal elections
The outgoing government has insisted it did nothing wrong in attempting to organise the postal vote during the pandemic.
Voting age “must be lowered to 16”, says new speaker of Polish parliament
But any change to the voting age would require an amendment to the constitution.
Man detained for shooting police officers in Poland after threatening online videos
The man posted videos online in which he threatened to kill police and expressed conspiratorial views, in particular relating to Jews.
Poland’s new coalition replaces conservative children’s rights official with LGBT-friendly successor
The outgoing commissioner opposed LGBT “ideology” but is being replaced by a candidate who has expressed support for LGBT rights.
Polish parliament votes to restore IVF funding, overturning policy of outgoing government
Restoring funding for IVF was one of the promises made by the incoming ruling coalition.
Outgoing government’s Russian influence commission recommends Tusk not hold public office
Tusk responded by dismissing the commission’s findings as a politically motivated attack.
Poland to advise Finland on securing border from Russian “hybrid attacks”
“The aim of the mission is to transfer the experience that Poland has gained” from its own similar crisis on the Belarus border.
Polish president swears in new – likely temporary – government
The new cabinet is expected to last only two weeks at most before the opposition form a permanent government.
