By Olivier Bault.
One could speak of a parliamentary crisis done for nothing from the point of view of the "total" opposition, that is to say of the two liberal libertarian parties backed by Brussels for a year in their attempt to…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland - During the Christmas break between the sessions of the Polish Parliament, from December 17 to January 10, MPs from the two liberal parties (the PO, of which Donald Tusk was the leader before his departure for Brussels…
Poland - Interview with Wojciech Murdzek, MP of the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) and former mayor of the city of Świdnica: "The EU should stop wasting its time discussing democracy and the rule of law In Poland!", by Olivier Bault (interview…
By Olivier Bault.
One of the reforms promised by the PiS to its constituents was to better tax large-scale distribution, which is predominantly in the hands of foreign groups and which has been accused for years of transferring its profits abroad to…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland - If some French media wanted to present the crisis of the past week in the Polish parliament as a mass lifting of the democratic opposition against the "dictatorial" practices of the conservative PiS party in the government,…
By Olivier Bault.
Not satisfied with having plunged Poland into a constitutional crisis by wanting to appoint 5 judges of the Constitutional Court in advance to elections that they knew lost, not satisfied to blame the conservative winners of the October elections…
By Olivier Bault.
It was the fourth debate of the European Parliament on Wednesday on the situation of democracy and the rule of law in Poland, but this time in front of a largely empty assembly without the vote of resolution. One must…
"In opposition to the EU, Poland is betting on demographics and lowering of the retirement age", by Olivier Bault.
Poland - This was one of the campaign promises of the PiS and of President Andrzej Duda: reducing the retirement age from 67…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland - The Polish parliament adopted last week a first law called "For Life" as part of the fulfillment of the promises made by the Prime Minister Beata Szydło after the rejection early October of the…
By Olivier Bault.
On November 11 will take place in Warsaw as every year the great march of Independence organized by nationalist circles and supported by conservatives and other Polish patriots. Last year, for the first time, this march was free of…
By Olivier Bault.
New attack against Poland are likely to happen, as Poland, like Hungary, is not afraid to defend the true European values. The European Affairs Committee of the Polish Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) has just issued a…
Poland - The Polish Parliament rejected this Thursday, October 6, the draft law from citizens' initiative aimed at banning abortion unless it is the result of medical care aiming to save the pregnant woman's life. This project had led several demonstrations, on…