The president could refuse to swear in the new judges, deepening Poland’s rule-of-law crisis.
The president could refuse to swear in the new judges, deepening Poland’s rule-of-law crisis.
It says the €44bn will still reach Poland, but will be harder to spend without the vetoed law.
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Poland also joined 25 other countries and the EU in calling for an “immediate reversal” of Israel’s plan.
“We are doing this to protect NATO, defend Ukraine and deter Russia,” said the Dutch defence minister.
President Karol Nawrocki criticised the government’s decision to put the two issues in one bill as “blackmail”.
The firm’s CEO said the decision was driven by changes in Poland’s energy policy under its new government, which Warsaw dismissed as untrue.
“It’s yet another violation of our airspace from the East,” said Poland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski.
An analysis is underway to establish whether it was a military or smuggling drone, or an “act of sabotage”.
Opposition politicians argued that the lack of a Polish representative marginalises Poland’s position on the international stage.
He also hinted that its current leading figure, 76-year-old Jarosław Kaczyński, is too old.
Israel’s embassy in Warsaw also called the display “disgusting behaviour”.
Alicja Ptak
Poland’s energy transition is being held back by its legacy as a major coal producer and political inaction.
But the opposition says the government is responsible for “gigantic abuse and misappropriation of funds”.
Anna Gmiterek-Zabłocka
Critics says the policy was rolled out too quickly, limited teachers’ autonomy, and has not helped pupils.