But the opposition says the government is responsible for “gigantic abuse and misappropriation of funds”.
But the opposition says the government is responsible for “gigantic abuse and misappropriation of funds”.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian pictured at the event holding a nationalist flag has apologised.
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Among the plans are doubling the tax-free income threshold, overturning the near-total ban on abortion and raising salaries for public-sector employees.
Roman Giertych, who founded and led the nationalist All-Polish Youth and was once an ally of Jarosław Kaczyński, will now stand for the opposition.
Politicians and media linked to Poland’s ruling party say Tusk’s remarks prove the EU is using the rule of law as a pretext to change the government in Warsaw.
Bogusław Wołoszański reportedly spied on fellow Poles abroad and in one case reported a colleague’s homosexuality to their superiors.
Farmers’ protest leader Michał Kołodziejczak must be “an idiot or an agent”, says the prime minister.
The EU and US had expressed concern that the body would be used to attack the opposition during the campaign.
Daniel Tilles
Kaczyński is relishing the battle with his old foe, but it is likely to help neither the ruling party nor opposition.
Adam Bodnar, who served as Poland’s human rights commissioner from 2015-21, will also stand for the Civic Coalition (KO).
The ruling party leader, who also serves as deputy prime minister, was speaking at a series of “military picnics” being organised by the defence ministry.
The ruling PiS party has now unveiled all four of its proposed referendum questions.
The meeting went ahead anyway, with empty chairs left to represent the missing parties.
His words were criticised by the ruling PiS, but also by other opposition groups for entering a “bidding war” with PiS on anti-immigrant rhetoric.