The current government plans to appeal against the ruling, for which it blames the former administration.
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Polish constitutional court chief launches legal action against government for “coup d’état”
Bogdan Święczkowski, an opposition ally, accuses Donald Tusk and others of acting as an “organised criminal group”.
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Court accepts government’s move to put Polish Press Agency into liquidation
The court official came to the opposite conclusion of two others from the same court who last week rejected moves to put TVP and Polskie Radio into liquidation.
Polish opposition leader Kaczyński likens PM Tusk to Hitler
Kaczyński also accused Tusk of wanting to turn Poles into “farmhands for Germany”.
Bill to recognise Silesian as regional language submitted to Polish parliament
Silesian is spoken at home by 460,000 people in Poland, but there is debate over whether it is a language or a dialect.
Catholic church criticises new Polish government’s abortion and contraception plans
The head of the episcopate warns that “one must never comply with…laws that allow the direct murder of innocent human beings”.
Notary involved in Polish’s government public media takeover charged by prosecutors
The development marks another potential blow to the government.
Polish government approves bill restoring prescription-free access to morning-after pill
The former conservative government made emergency contraceptives available by prescription only in 2017.
Bill to introduce abortion on demand in Poland submitted by PM Tusk’s political group
But Tusk admits that the measure does not have the support of all his coalition partners.
Prosecutors investigate prosecutor general’s decision to remove national prosecutor
Meanwhile, the prosecutor general announced that he does not recognise as legitimate an order by the constitutional court to suspend the move.
Polish president pardons jailed former government ministers
Andrzej Duda called for the pair to be immediately released from prison.
Imprisoned Polish opposition politician on hunger strike taken to hospital
Former interior minister Mariusz Kamiński claims to be a “political prisoner”.
Man charged for insulting prime minister with anti-Tusk graffiti at historic Protestant church
Insulting a public official or a constitutional body is a crime in Poland that carries a potential prison sentence of up to two years.
Court rejects Polish government’s move to put public radio into liquidation
The decision marks a further legal blow to the new government’s efforts to regain control of public media from the former ruling party.
