Daniel Tilles
Sławomir Mentzen has led an effective campaign and is detoxifying his party.
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Daniel Tilles
Sławomir Mentzen has led an effective campaign and is detoxifying his party.
Warsaw city hall estimates that 90,000 took part in the march, but the organisers claim attendance was 250,000.
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“It is up to us to decide about our lives, not officials in Brussels or Davos.”
The government says it will press ahead with its “Freedom Act”, intended to guarantee free speech on the internet.
Government figures criticised Meta’s decision.
Confederation has been a prominent supporter of anti-lockdown protests.
A group of 119 MPs have called for abortions due to foetal abnormalities to be declared unconstitutional.
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Two MPs from the far-right Confederation have criticised the Polish government for allowing “mass migration” under “the dictate of business”.
The far-right Confederation wants an “anti-LGBT law” that would “ban LGBT”, as well as to restrict abortions and Jewish property restitution.