Aleks Szczerbiak
The government managed to emerge relatively unscathed politically from its most serious “stress test” yet.
donald tusk
EU reminds Poland of obligation to offer asylum after Tusk call to suspend rights
Meanwhile, a group of almost 50 NGOs, including Amnesty International, has called on the prime minister not to go ahead with the plans.
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Polish PM willing to give his role to opposition figure to keep ruling party in power
In response, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and his PSL party again ruled out any prospect of entering a coalition with PiS.
The VoiCEE podcast: what Poland’s elections mean for the country and the region
Agnieszka Wądołowska
In this episode, Professor Stanley Bill analyses the results of parliamentary elections in Poland.
Polish PM accuses EU of “unacceptable blackmail” over unblocking funds for new government
It comes after Donald Tusk suggested EU funds could be unlocked even before legislation to restore the rule of law is passed.
Tusk meets von der Leyen in Brussels, pledging to restore rule of law and unblock frozen EU funds
“The new government will have to demonstrate very quickly that it is capable of restoring the rule of law in Poland.”
Polish opposition jointly declare desire to form government with Tusk as prime minister
The opposition appealed to President Duda not to “waste any more time”.
Tusk to visit Brussels on mission to unlock Poland’s frozen EU funds
During the election campaign, Tusk pledged to “go and unlock the [frozen EU] money the day after victory”.
Opposition “ready to govern”, says Tusk, urging president to quickly name new PM
There remains uncertainty over whether the president will give the ruling party or opposition the first opportunity to form a government.
Polish election result: ruling PiS party top but opposition have majority
Law and Justice (PiS): 35.38%; Civic Coalition (KO): 30.70%; Third Way (Trzecia Droga): 14.40%; The Left (Lewica): 8.61%; Confederation (Konfederacja): 7.16%.
Five conclusions from Poland’s elections
Daniel Tilles
What have we learned from what appears to have been a successful opposition campaign?
Kaczyński will lead Poland out of EU if PiS win elections, claims Tusk
The ruling party and its leader have repeatedly emphasised that they have no desire for “Polexit”.
“I’ve received signals from US” that opposition threaten Polish-American relations, claims PM
Donald Tusk wants to make make Poland dependent on Germany, claims Mateusz Morawiecki.
Tusk agrees to debate on state TV but Kaczyński rejects challenge to join him
There had been speculation as to whether Tusk would attend given that the station is under government influence.