The move, however, has sparked divisions over healthcare funding.
Politics
New Trump tariffs could lower Polish GDP by 0.4%, says Tusk
“A severe and unpleasant blow, because it comes from our closest ally, but we will survive it,” said the prime minister.
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Poland’s Tusk calls for greater Western support for Ukraine during visit to Lviv
“Stop speculating in any world capital about a possible defeat of Ukraine,” said the Polish prime minister.
Polish government releases strategic butter reserves
The decision was made in response to rising prices, which have become a major political talking point.
Electoral commission rejects ruling by disputed Supreme Court chamber restoring opposition funding
Tens of millions of zloty in public funding for PiS are at stake.
Positive sentiment towards Poles among Ukrainians falls by half in two years
Most identified border blockades by Polish farmers and the WWII Volhynia massacres as reasons for disputes between the two nations.
Former Polish health minister convicted for publishing private medical data of critical doctor
Adam Niedzielski was handed a three-month prison sentence suspended for two years.
Most Poles negatively assess work of Tusk government after one year in power
Polls indicate that just over half of the public hold a negative opinion of the work done so far by Poland’s ruling coalition.
After one year of new government, anger in Poland over broken abortion promises
Alicja Ptak and Christiaan Paauwe
Donald Tusk’s government has failed to fulfil its pledge to end the near-total abortion ban.
Poland issues arrest warrant for opposition politician facing criminal charges
After police were unable to locate Marcin Romanowski, the authorities concluded he has gone into hiding.
Poland gets €52m from EU to protect border from “weaponisation of migrants” by Russia and Belarus
The commission says states can introduce measures that “may seriously interfere with fundamental rights”.
Disputed chamber of Polish Supreme Court upholds PiS appeal against state funding cut
It found that the PKW did not properly substantiate its claims of irregularities in campaign spending by PiS.
Poland to make private TV stations “strategic firms”, allowing blocking of sale to “hostile” states
A businessman linked to Viktor Orbán – an ally of Poland’s opposition – is reportedly seeking to buy TVN.
How will Donald Trump’s election victory affect Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The US president-elect’s victory is unlikely to be a political game-changer.
