Daniel Tilles
Sławomir Mentzen has led an effective campaign and is detoxifying his party.
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Politics
Poland wants all civilian airports to be adapted for military use
Poland continues to ramp up military preparedness amid the war in neighbouring Ukraine.
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Controversy over detention of Polish opposition MP who claims to have European immunity
Prosecutors say that his immunity as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe does not cover this case.
Controversial memorial to victims of WWII massacres by Ukrainian nationalists unveiled in Poland
Several cities refused to host the statue, which depicts a baby being impaled on a Ukrainian trident.
Polish government appoints new “head” of US embassy as president refuses to name him ambassador
President Duda has pledged not to appoint Bogdan Klich as ambassador for as long as he remains in office.
Poland’s NATO ambassador should not have received security clearance, says Tusk
The diplomat in question, Tomasz Szatkowski, rejected the allegations and announced plans to sue the prime minister.
Head of Polish opposition caucus stripped of immunity over alleged Russian rocket defamation
The former operational commander of the armed forces says Mariusz Błaszczak falsely blamed him for a Russian missile going undetected.
Polish parliament strips opposition MP of immunity to face charges of participating in criminal group
The Sejm also consented for the MP, a former deputy justice minister, to be placed in pretrial detention.
Parliament rejects bill softening Poland’s abortion law after split in ruling coalition
PSL joined with the opposition to vote against it.
Poland, France, Germany and Italy to jointly develop cruise missiles
“The aim is to establish cooperation in the development of our key deep strike capability,” said Poland’s defence ministry.
Hungary blocking Poland’s EU funds for Ukraine military aid
“Hungary has, for a year now, been blocking refunds for the military equipment we delivered to Ukraine,” says foreign minister Radosław Sikorski.
Split in Polish far-right Confederation as half its MEPs join Germany’s AfD in new EU grouping
Three of Confederation’s six MEPs will join the “Europe of Sovereign Nations” group being founded by the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Polish president vows to veto bill softening abortion law
The proposed law would decriminalise the act of helping a woman obtain an illegal abortion.
“Tusk sent here to destroy Polish state” and bring it under foreign control, says Kaczyński
Kaczyński called on his supporters to “take various types of action…in defence of Poland”.
