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Investigation committees and cordon sanitaire policy against the biggest party in the Polish Sejm

The Editorial Board December 8, 2023

Poland – A month and a half after Law and Justice’s Pyrrhic victory in the Polish parliamentary elections, with all observers predicting a very short life for Mateusz Morawiecki’s new government that was sworn in on November 27, the Polish Sejm seems…

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Orbán and Morawiecki reject EU Migrant Pact and block conclusions at EU summit

The Editorial Board July 5, 2023

Hungary/Poland – The recent European migration agreement is clearly not going down well in Warsaw and Budapest. Whereas the two governments have been at odds over the war in Ukraine since the beginning of last year, they have again found common ground…

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V4 Summit in Bratislava says no to migrant quotas

The Editorial Board June 30, 2023

Central Europe – To mark the end of Slovakia’s presidency of the Visegrád Group before handing it over to Czechia, Slovakia’s Prime Minister, Ľudovít Ódor, welcomed his V4 counterparts to Bratislava for a summit on immigration last Monday at a time when…

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EU migration pact met with harsh criticism in Central Europe, Poland vows not to comply

The Editorial Board June 16, 2023

Central Europe – On June 8, the EU-27 interior ministers finally approved the EU Migration Pact that had first been proposed by the European Commission in 2020. The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, the Swedish social-democrat Ylva Johansson, called this decision “a…

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Parliamentary commission to investigate Russian influence in Poland… just before the elections

The Editorial Board June 3, 2023

Poland - Is the true purpose of a new special commission in fact hunting down Russian influence, or hindering opponents during the autumn parliamentary election campaign? As is often the case in Poland, two competing narratives are at odds following President Andrzej…

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Surveys show Poles and Hungarians continue to like each other despite serious differences over Ukraine and Russia

Olivier Bault April 23, 2023

Poland/Hungary - Poland and Hungary, whose century-old friendship is often presented as the driving force behind the Visegrád Group, or V4, and more generally behind cooperative initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe (such as Visegrád+ and the Three Seas Initiative), have opposite…

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Poland and Romania join forces in arms procurement

The Editorial Board April 6, 2023

Poland/Romania – Just a week before Finland officially joined NATO on 4 April, nearly doubling the length of the Alliance’s eastern border in Europe, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciucă announced in late March, from Bucharest, new…

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The first batch of Polish Leopard 2 tanks is already in Ukraine

The Editorial Board February 28, 2023

Poland/Ukraine - After several weeks of talks, Poland has now delivered its first four German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, out of a promised total of 14, alongside 60 additional PT-91 Twardy tanks, a Polish-made, modernized version of the old Soviet T-72…

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Giorgia Meloni meets Polish leaders in Warsaw

The Editorial Board February 24, 2023

Poland – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was on a visit to Warsaw on Monday, 20 February, where she held talks with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the eve of Joe Biden’s visit. Meloni’s political party Fratelli d'Italia…

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Lower taxes and subsidies against the energy crisis in Poland

Olivier Bault December 15, 2022

Poland – The surge in energy prices began before the war in Ukraine, and this cannot be stressed enough. A little over a year ago, in early December 2021, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki justified the “anti-inflation shield” implemented by his government by…

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European Conservatives and Reformists’ summit in Warsaw

The Editorial Board December 6, 2022

Poland – The various parties belonging to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament met in Warsaw on Saturday, 3 December. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended in person, while his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, as well…

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Katalin Novák and Mateusz Morawiecki in Kyiv to support the Grain from Ukraine programme

La Rédaction December 1, 2022

Hungary/Poland/Ukraine – Hungarian President Katalin Novák and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visited the Ukrainian capital on Saturday to lend their support to the Grain from Ukraine programme. Photo: Facebook / Novák Katalin As its name suggests, Grain from Ukraine is a programme…