Mateusz Morawiecki met with Viktor Orbán in Brussels.

Mateusz Morawiecki met with Viktor Orbán in Brussels.
That paves the way for him to form a coalition government in the coming days, ending eight years of PiS rule.
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The prime minister described Putin as a “terrorist” who should be put on trial for his crimes and called on the West to “wake up from its geopolitical slumber”.
The 11 billion zloty programme will enable the completion of more than 1,200 kilometres of lines across Poland.
Aleks Szczerbiak
The imperative for national unity prompted by the war works in PiS’s favour, but its effect so far has been limited.
Marcin Makowski
While ostensibly about EU funds, the dismissal is actually the result of a rivalry between the prime minister and his deputy.
A middle-class tax allowance will be withdrawn, business owners’ healthcare contributions changed, and a preferential system for single parents restored.
The development minister, Piotr Nowak, had been in the role for less than five months.
The meeting showed “that there is a different future for Europe based on sovereign states”, said Mateusz Morawiecki.
Marcin Makowski
The programme was supposed to breathe new life into the ruling coalition and carry them into the next elections.
Electricity bills are rising by 24% and gas bills by 54%.
Aleks Szczerbiak
There may be costs to building links with parties that have Russian sympathies and are less influential in the EU.
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.
The prime minister attended the reburial in Poland of Maurycy Mochnacki, who went into exile in France after a failed uprising against Russian rule.