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Polish Prime Minister on strategic partnership with the United States, membership of the European Union and adoption of the euro

Olivier Bault February 18, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - An interview with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki conducted by the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (available here in Polish) after the last World Economic Forum in Davos provides interesting insights into Polish positions on the European scene.…

Society

Two amendments to Polish memory law make waves

Olivier Bault February 3, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Like many countries, Poland has made the denial or minimization of Nazi crimes, including the Holocaust, a crime punishable by imprisonment. Two amendments voted by the Diet on January 26 and then by the Senate on January…

Politics

Is the Polish reshuffle a way of easing relations with Brussels?

Olivier Bault January 12, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The dominant discourse in the international media after the 9th of January's cabinet reshuffle in Warsaw was all about the PiS, after changing the Prime Minister in December, trying to appease relations with Brussels. In fact, if…

Politics

How the European spruce bark beetle destroys the the Białowieża forest in Poland with the support of environmentalists and of the European Commission

Olivier Bault December 12, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Article originally published in French on Réinformation TV. The European spruce bark beetle is a beetle that colonizes the spruce forests, a very common tree in the beautiful forest of Białowieża, North-East Poland. Ecologists consider it a primeval forest…

Interviews

M. Kuchciński, Marshal of the Polish Diet: “We did not waste our time during these two years”

Olivier Bault November 21, 2017

Poland – Exclusive interview of Marek Kuchciński, Marshal of the Sejm (President of the Diet of Poland) for Do Rzeczy, Die Welt and the Visegrád Post. "We did not waste our time during these two years," told Marek Kuchciński, Marshal (President)…

Politics

Fraudulent real estate refunds in Warsaw (2nd part): the murder of a reluctant resident in Donald Tusk’s Poland

Olivier Bault November 5, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - In Warsaw, hearings are ongoing in front of the parliamentary committee charged with investigating fraudulent restitution of some real estate by the city. These renditions have caused many tragedies for residents and merchants expelled from buildings "returned" to…

Politics

Fraudulent real estate refunds in Warsaw: the liberal opposition drops the mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Olivier Bault October 17, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Warsaw - Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz is not only mayor of Warsaw since 2006, she is also vice-president of the Civic Platform, the "Liberal" Civic Platform (PO) of the current European Council President Donald Tusk. But with the case of…

Politics

Excellent tax revenues for the Polish budget: good news that embarrasses the liberal opposition

Olivier Bault September 29, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - "It was enough not to steal! "This is how Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło explained in April this year the excellent tax revenues and also the profits generated by the coal mines, an industry that was on…

Politics

The future of the European Union discussed at the 27th Krynica Economic Forum

Olivier Bault September 15, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Krynica - The 26th Krynica Economic Forum became quite famous last year when Viktor Orbán and Jarosław Kaczyński called out for a cultural counter-revolution in Europe. At this forum often referred to as the "Davos forum of Central…

Politics

Great education reform in Poland: the PiS fulfills one of its election promises

Olivier Bault September 7, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - For this new school year the reform of education announced by the conservative party Law and Justice (PiS) comes into force since it was an element of the electoral program that brought the PiS to power in…

Politics

For the Polish government, the attacks in Barcelona demonstrate once again the need for Europe to return to responsible immigration policies

Olivier Bault August 18, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - There was an official condemnation of the attacks in Catalonia by Prime Minister Beata Szydło and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement in which Poland, like other countries, naturally expresses its solidarity with Spain and…

Politics

Poland – Harsh blow for the liberal opposition and the European Commission

Olivier Bault August 7, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The liberal opposition and the European Commission, which speak of the rule of law being violated in Poland, have lost their main argument. This argument consisted of claiming that the Polish Constitutional Court had lost…