If confirmed, the results would be the first time PiS has failed to finish first in an election in Poland since 2014.
Jarosław Kaczyński
Why does Poland’s European Parliament election matter?
Aleks Szczerbiak
PiS is under pressure to repeat its local election success while PO is seeking to establish itself as Poland’s leading political force.
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Interior minister defends “justified” use of pepper spray on anti-government protesters by police
The incident represented “unjustified aggression by the authorities”, wrote an opposition leader.
Kaczyński quits Polish government to focus on ruling party ahead of elections
“I have decided to concentrate on what is most important for the future of Poland. The party must regain its verve.”
Kaczyński likens opposition to Russia and says “media a constraint on public debate”
“Whenever Poland’s vital interests are at stake, Tusk is against [them].”
Poles and Hungarians brothers no longer?
Joanna Kędzierska
The responses of the two countries’ governments to the war in Ukraine are complicating their close relationship.
Kaczyński criticises Orbán’s approach to Ukraine: “we cannot cooperate if it continues”
Viktor Orbán’s position on the Ukraine war is “disappointing” and “very sad”, says Jarosław Kaczyński.
Poland deserves help with refugees but “won’t go begging” for it, says Kaczyński
Poland will also not support any system to relocate the refugees to other countries against their will, says the ruling party chairman.
Threatening church means threatening Poland and cannot be tolerated, says Kaczyński
“We must reject everyone who is trying to destroy Poland, collaborating closely with our external enemies,” warns the PiS chairman.
The early elections that everyone is speculating about but no one wants
Marcin Makowski
Jarosław Kaczyński has become hostage to an increasingly toxic alliance with Zbigniew Ziobro.
Why is Poland’s ruling party building closer links with right-wing Eurosceptic groupings?
Aleks Szczerbiak
There may be costs to building links with parties that have Russian sympathies and are less influential in the EU.
Kaczyński: “EU treaties are no longer in force”, Berlin wants “Fourth German Reich”
Poland is “trying to build a front” of opposition to the current direction of the EU, says the ruling party chairman.
NfP podcast: what’s behind Poland’s showdown with the EU?
Stanley Bill talks to commentator Marcin Makowski about the latest developments in Polish politics.
Belarus “importing economic migrants” to Poland in “hybrid war against EU”, says Kaczyński
“This is a cynical and brutal action planned many months ago as revenge for Poland supporting the Belarusian opposition.”
