The proposed law would allow any two unmarried adults, regardless of their gender, to enter a registered partnership at a registry office.

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The proposed law would allow any two unmarried adults, regardless of their gender, to enter a registered partnership at a registry office.
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“We are currently working on being able to burn Polish coal and send the electricity to Ukraine,” says Donald Tusk.
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The city authorities says they are simply enforcing the secular state in accordance with the constitution.
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The poisoning of Alexei Navalny could be a tipping point.
Kraśnik could potentially lose millions of euros of European grants.
The government has sent a delegation to meet union leaders.
The ruling is evidence that “the Dutch judiciary is politicised and not independent”, claims Poland’s deputy justice minister.
Ardanowski warned of “ideologies that say milk is the effect of cows being raped…and humans steal honey from bees”.
The new rules come in place at the start of 2021.
The Polish Hunting Association encourages children in particular to submit stories.
A minority government or early elections are possible.
The Supreme Court says decisions should be made individually, based on people’s record under communism.
The agriculture minister has warned that the law would cost the ruling party support in the countryside.
“LGBT ideology threatens our civilisation”, says Kaczyński, who also promises “further judicial reform” and policies to “bring order” to the media.
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