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Conservative summit in Warsaw with Marine Le Pen getting closer to Polish leaders

Olivier Bault December 7, 2021

Poland - “Kaczyński’s Germanophobia and his extreme unwillingness to build a strong European Union have led to Putin’s fascist friends now being welcomed as heroes in Warsaw. Another step towards dismantling the European Community from within. And another step towards Polexit.” This is…

Politics

After the ECJ, Polish Constitutional Tribunal stands up to European Court of Human Rights

Olivier Bault November 29, 2021

Poland – On 24 November, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal struck again. This time, its target is not the European Court of Justice, on whose jurisdiction it set limits with its rulings of 14 July and 7 October, but the European Court of…

Society

Poland unfairly attacked by abortion supporters after pregnant woman dies

Olivier Bault November 10, 2021

Those wanting more liberal abortion laws were back on the streets in many cities of Poland on Saturday, 6 November. The biggest demonstration took place in Warsaw in front of the Constitutional Tribunal, which ruled a year ago that the clause in…

Interviews

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski: “Poland must withdraw from Next Generation EU and block climate package as response to Commission’s blackmail”

Olivier Bault November 6, 2021

Interview with Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski was once a leading figure in the Civic Platform (PO) and one of the main negotiators of Poland’s accession to the European Union. Disgusted by the way his liberal colleagues sought to push through…

Politics

Poland struggles to stop onslaught of migrants despite EU attacks

Olivier Bault November 2, 2021

Poland/Belarus – On Wednesday, the Polish Senate passed an amended version of a bill to allow the construction of an anti-migrant barrier on the border with Belarus. It is already known that the barrier planned to stop the migration wave orchestrated by…

Poland/European Union – After the reactions to the Polish prime minister’s speech in the European Parliament on Tuesday, 19 October, one would be tempted to paraphrase Winston Churchill when alluding to the double retreat made last year by PM Mateusz Morawiecki: at…

Politics Olivier Bault October 22, 2021

News

Conference on sustainable democracy in Budapest

The Editorial Board September 22, 2021

Hungary – Parallel to the opposition’s primary for the spring 2022 parliamentary elections, a “Forum for Building Sustainable Democracies” organised by the city of Budapest and Central European University (CEU) took place in Hungary’s capital on 16-17 September. This conference brought together…

News

Kaczyński: “There will be no Polexit”

The Editorial Board September 17, 2021

Poland/European Union – It is an understatement to say that relations between Brussels and Warsaw have not been very good for the last several years. Many issues (“LGBT rights” and reforms of the judiciary in particular) pit the Polish government, led by…

Politics

Still unpopular among the public, Polexit is no longer a taboo for the Polish right

Olivier Bault September 11, 2021

Poland - Could Law and Justice (PiS), until now an unconditional supporter of EU membership, now be considering exiting the bloc? After the announcement of the European Commission’s request for a daily financial penalty to be imposed on Poland over its justice…

Politics

European Commission using recovery plan to bring Poland to heel

Olivier Bault September 6, 2021

Poland – Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for the Economy and former Italian prime minister, caused turmoil and anger in Poland when he explained on 1 September that one of the reasons why the Commission has not yet approved the Polish recovery plan…

Politics

Does the Morawiecki government still have a majority in the Sejm?

Olivier Bault August 27, 2021

Poland – The question of whether Mateusz Morawiecki’s government still has a majority in the Sejm should be answered in the vote on the dismissal of the “marshal” (speaker) of the lower house of the Polish parliament. The largest opposition groups would…

Politics

Poland – Open warfare between president of supreme audit institution and Morawiecki government

Olivier Bault August 13, 2021

Poland – The conflict between the President of the Polish Supreme Audit Office (Najwyższa Izba Kontroli, NIK) – Poland’s highest audit institution – and the Morawiecki government continues to escalate, now with a request for a waiver of Marian Banaś’s immunity. “This…