The law would place propagation of “Banderism” alongside Nazism, fascism and communism as a crime carrying a jail sentence of up to three years.
The law would place propagation of “Banderism” alongside Nazism, fascism and communism as a crime carrying a jail sentence of up to three years.
Ukraine has indicated there are “no obstacles” to exhumations taking place and that it will “positively consider” requests.
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The idea caused disagreement among Polish MEPs, with right-wing politicians criticising left-wing ones for voting against it.
The Volhynia massacres of ethnic Poles by Ukrainian nationalists has long caused tensions between the two countries.
Several cities refused to host the statue, which depicts a baby being impaled on a Ukrainian trident.
During the Volhynia massacres, Ukrainian nationalists murdered up to 100,000 ethnic Poles.
The heads of Poland’s Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church signed a joint declaration on the Volhynia massacres.
The Volhynia massacres saw Ukrainian nationalists kill tens of thousands of ethnic Polish civilians during World War Two.
“We are extremely critical towards any glorification or even remembrance of Bandera,” said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.