Daniel Tilles
Politicians should let Poland’s achievements speak for themselves, and support those already telling its story.
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How will the Law and Justice split affect Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The biggest-ever split within PiS is a serious self-inflicted wound, complicating the right’s path back to power.
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The ETS bogeyman: is the EU’s climate tool as costly as the Polish right claims?
Patryk Strzałkowski
The opposition has called for Poland to unilaterally withdraw from the Emissions Trading Scheme.
How will the EU defence loan veto affect Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The president’s veto has crystallised deep divides and turbocharged the government’s “Polexit” narrative.
What impact is the left-wing parliamentary speaker having on Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Włodzimierz Czarzasty has become Donald Tusk’s key strategic ally and uncompromising enforcer.
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As its support falls to lowest in 14 years, what’s gone wrong for Poland’s opposition PiS party? [Opinion]
Daniel Tilles
A variety of internal and external factors lie behind PiS’s current crisis.
![The family foundations charting a path for Polish philanthropy [Partner profile]](https://notesfrompoland.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e9e84a62-8f0f-4ad0-9960-67336dd56d98-1080x675.jpg)
The family foundations charting a path for Polish philanthropy [Partner profile]
Poland’s economy has boomed, but philanthropy is still catching up.
What are the prospects for Poland’s far-right politician Grzegorz Braun?
Aleks Szczerbiak
His surge exposes deep fractures on the Polish right.
![It’s time for Germany to start paying the cost of maintaining Auschwitz and other former Nazi camps in Poland [Opinion]](https://notesfrompoland.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Auschwitz_4153409644-1024x675.jpg)
It’s time for Germany to start paying the cost of maintaining Auschwitz and other former Nazi camps in Poland [Opinion]
Wojciech Konończuk
Poland has paid more for the maintenance of former camps than Germany has ever given to Polish WWII victims.
“Be like Poland”: Donald Tusk’s new year speech fact-checked
Daniel Tilles
The prime minister listed ten of his country’s achievements in 2025. But do his words match up to reality?
Why has Poland’s right-wing opposition lost momentum?
Aleks Szczerbiak
President Nawrocki could be the key to reconstructing the broad right-wing opposition.
Polish Christmas traditions in prewar pictures
Ben Koschalka
Many customs have remained unchanged for generations, if not centuries.
![Karol Nawrocki is pushing the limits of presidential power in Poland – but will it backfire? [Opinion]](https://notesfrompoland.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/33_Karol-Nawrocki_Zaprzysiezenie_Sejm_20250806_MWB19637-1080x675.jpg)
Karol Nawrocki is pushing the limits of presidential power in Poland – but will it backfire? [Opinion]
Daniel Tilles
Nawrocki has already vetoed more bills in five months than Duda did in ten years.
Has Donald Tusk’s government regained the political initiative in Poland?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The ruling coalition still faces challenges and questions over delivering on its election promises.
