The plans, which still require EU approval, would make Poland the first member state to do this.

The plans, which still require EU approval, would make Poland the first member state to do this.
The ideas include reducing hurdles for people to obtain disability support and making it easier for businesses to collect debts.
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Polish state TV, a government mouthpiece, has suggested Donald Tusk, PO and the EPP are among “Putin’s useful idiots”.
“Ukrainians must fight for a democratic state with weapons in hand; we must fight for democracy with the ballot paper.”
But Tusk also appealed to the ruling party to end its alliances with right-wing leaders sympathetic towards the Kremlin, such as Viktor Orbán.
Electricity bills are rising by 24% and gas bills by 54%.
Marine Le Pen and Viktor Orbán were among those who gathered in Warsaw at the invitation of PiS, whose leader called on them to work together.
He claimed that the government ignores the recommendations of its medical advisory board.
The near-total ban on abortion means it is now “prosecutors, not doctors, that guide pregnancies”, says the opposition leader.
Stanley Bill talks to commentator Marcin Makowski about the latest developments in Polish politics.
An estimated 100,000 gathered in Warsaw as demonstrations took place around the country.
It is “against the interests of the EU as a whole”, says the opposition leader, who claims Angela Merkel agrees.
TVP’s main evening news has mentioned the opposition leader almost every day.
A government minister accused Tusk of promoting “the dictatorship of leftism and atheism like in the West”.