“This is another step towards regaining control over migration and increasing the safety of Poles,” says the government.

“This is another step towards regaining control over migration and increasing the safety of Poles,” says the government.
The figure fell to 1.1 in 2024, well below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 needed to prevent population decline.
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Over 1,000 people in total have signed up for the legion, says Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland.
Only 31% think it is best for Ukraine to “continue fighting and not make any concessions to Russia”.
“We have a large army – the third largest in NATO in terms of numbers – but we must also have a resilient society,” says the defence minister.
Agata Pyka and Richard Greenhill
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The decision was made in response to rising prices, which have become a major political talking point.
Most identified border blockades by Polish farmers and the WWII Volhynia massacres as reasons for disputes between the two nations.
Polls indicate that just over half of the public hold a negative opinion of the work done so far by Poland’s ruling coalition.
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Donald Tusk’s government has failed to fulfil its pledge to end the near-total abortion ban.
State funding for IVF was restored by the new, more liberal ruling coalition after it came to power at the end of last year.
Trzaskowski pledged to end Poland’s “embarrassment on the international stage and medieval anti-abortion law”.
Graeme Reid found that “LGBT individuals are negatively affected by the lack of adequate protections” in Poland.
They say it will promote “depravity” and “sexualisation” of children.