Daniel Tilles
Sławomir Mentzen has led an effective campaign and is detoxifying his party.
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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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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”.
Bill introducing same-sex civil partnerships in Poland added to government agenda
The proposed law would allow any two unmarried adults, regardless of their gender, to enter a registered partnership at a registry office.
Poland seeks exemption from EU emission fees to supply Ukraine with electricity
“We are currently working on being able to burn Polish coal and send the electricity to Ukraine,” says Donald Tusk.
Language or dialect? Presidential veto reignites debate about status of Silesian in Poland
Katarzyna Skiba
At the heart of the debate is a struggle over culture, identity and the integrity of the Polish state itself.
Zelensky and Tusk sign Polish-Ukrainian security agreement in Warsaw
The pair also discussed creating a “Ukrainian legion” made up of Ukrainians located in Poland.
Illegal crossing attempts at Polish-Belarusian border halve after introduction of exclusion zone
The number of people smugglers discovered on the Polish side of the border has also fallen significantly.
Majority of Poles want government to seek war reparations from Germany
The findings come days after Donald Tusk indicated that his government would not continue its predecessor’s push for reparations.
Polish state TV deletes article fact-checking “misleading” claims by PM
“TVP journalists naively believed that they could write the truth about Tusk,” wrote an opposition figure.
Poland’s PiS to remain in ECR European Parliament group, resisting Orbán overtures
The ECR, which is the third largest group in the EP, is dominated by PiS and Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy.
Polish government denies report of 25% defence spending cut and says “Russia may be behind it”
Opposition MPs, however, claim to have confirmed that the cuts were proposed by the defence ministry.
Polish media protest change in copyright law they say will favour Big Tech
The law will allow tech firms to “use our content free of charge and with impunity, and transfer the profits abroad”, say over 350 media outlets.
