The initiative is unlikely to succeed, given that it requires approval from the Senate, where the government has a majority.
The initiative is unlikely to succeed, given that it requires approval from the Senate, where the government has a majority.
The decision was welcomed Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who said it must immediately be enforced.
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The prime minister previously said he would not want to “undermine European solidarity” by “poaching” US troops from Germany.
However, Karol Nawrocki currently lacks the two-thirds majority in parliament to implement such change.
The proposal would “diminish the status” of marriage and could discourage couples from having children, said Karol Nawrocki.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen singled out Poland as “an essential pillar of Europe’s security architecture”.
Sławomir Cenckiewicz says he will now focus on helping the opposition unseat the government at next year’s elections.
The National March of Life is Poland’s largest annual anti-abortion event.
However, the security services say that the ruling will not automatically result in Sławomir Cenckiewicz regaining his clearance.
A senior presidential aide has called the accusations “ridiculous”.
The PM also unveiled a group of ten party figures who will “lead us into battle” at next year’s parliamentary elections.
The chief justice’s decision, which was widely expected, deepens an unprecedented crisis around the court.
The development marks a further twist in Poland’s rule-of-law crisis.
Aleks Szczerbiak
The president’s veto has crystallised deep divides and turbocharged the government’s “Polexit” narrative.