Since reintroducing border controls with Poland in 2023, Germany has been turning back thousands of migrants who illegally cross the border.
Daniel Tilles
President proposes changing Poland’s constitution to guarantee spending 4% of GDP on defence
Poland already spends almost 5% of GDP on defence, but the president wants to guarantee that will continue.
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Warsaw mayor bans commemoration of nationalist who assassinated Poland’s first president
Eligiusz Niewiadomski assassinated Gabriel Narutowicz on 16 December 1922.
Tusk announces “Christmas present” of first €5bn in EU funds to be paid to Poland this year
Ursula von der Leyen said she “welcomes [Tusk’s] commitment to put the rule of law at the top of the government agenda”.
Constitutional court blocks new Polish government from making changes to public media
The incoming ruling coalition has promised major reforms of state media, which became a mouthpiece for the former ruling party.
Political leaders join Hanukkah ceremony in Polish parliament after far-right MP’s attack
“This is the true face of Poland,” said Michael Schudrich, the chief rabbi.
Poland’s near-total ban on abortion violated pregnant woman’s rights, finds European court
She had to travel abroad to terminate her foetus, which had been diagnosed with Down syndrome.
Tusk’s new Polish government sworn in by President Duda
“We come from different political camps but I am open to cooperation,” Duda told the new government.
Who’s who in Poland’s new government
Daniel Tilles
We profile every minister and outline the challenges they will face.
Far-right MP expelled from Polish parliament after spraying Hanukkah candles with fire extinguisher
Grzegorz Braun’s actions have been condemned across the political spectrum.
Incoming Polish PM Tusk presents cabinet and programme ahead of confidence vote
“The new coalition guarantees that we will return to the place Poland deserves,” said Tusk.
Tusk picked as Poland’s new prime minister by parliament
That paves the way for him to form a coalition government in the coming days, ending eight years of PiS rule.
PM Morawiecki loses vote of confidence, paving way for new Tusk government in Poland
It brings to an end eight years of rule by his national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party.
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”.
