Most members of the ruling coalition support the measure but may not be able to secure a parliamentary majority.
Politics
Extreme poverty rate rises to 6.6% in Poland, highest level in a decade
Around 2.5 million people lived in extreme poverty in Poland in 2023, up 47% on the previous year.
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European court orders transfer of Warsaw judges to be suspended
The three judges refused to sit alongside colleagues appointed after the government overhauled the judicial nomination body.
Poland’s entry ban on Ukrainian NGO head unjustified, rules top court
Lyudmyla Kozlovska has been unable to enter Poland for the last five years on unspecified security grounds.
Polish constitutional court has lost ability to adjudicate lawfully, rules top administrative court
The Constitutional Tribunal contains improperly appointed judges who “infected it with unlawfulness”, finds the Supreme Administrative Court.
We would leave government if it didn’t mean Tusk coming to power, says Polish coalition partner
Zbigniew Ziobro criticised the prime minister for giving the EU a “tool of economic blackmail” against Poland.
First Korean tanks and howitzers arrive in Poland
Poland’s president and defence minister welcomed the arrival of the military equipment from South Korea.
Will the Polish governing camp split over the EU funding issue?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The ruling party faces difficult choices if it wants to unlock frozen EU funds.
The Baltic Pipe – 30 years in the making – will help wean Europe off Russian gas
Wojciech Jakóbik
Gas supplies from Norway will increase Poland’s security
Court orders Kaczyński to pay 700,000 zloty for apology to opposition politician Sikorski
The ruling party chairman has refused to comply with a 2020 ruling ordering him to apologise for accusing the former foreign minister of “diplomatic treason”.
Over 450,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain being transported through Poland monthly
Some Polish farmers have protested, claiming that Ukrainian grain is entering the local market and lowering prices.
Resolution recognising Russia as terrorism sponsor pulled after ruling party tries to include Smolensk
Previously, all groups in parliament had expressed support for the resolution.
Polish parliament approves law to exempt officials from prosecution over abandoned election
The government sought to organise postal elections during the pandemic but courts have found some elements of those efforts to have been illegal.
Poland protests sale in Berlin of Kandinsky allegedly stolen from Warsaw museum
The 1928 work was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw, according to Poland’s culture ministry.
