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Donald Tusk’s former party confirms its left-wing stance by advocating abortion on demand

Olivier Bault February 22, 2021

In the Polish political landscape, advocating the legalization of abortion on demand clearly means being on the left of the political spectrum. Polls show that more than three-quarters of Poles are against such a measure. Yet this is the Civic Platform’s new…

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PiS majority in the Sejm threatened by internal divisions

Olivier Bault February 13, 2021

Poland - “The Polish political scene is in a state of some turmoil – on both the government and the opposition side,” PSL senator Jan Filip Libicki said on Radio Wnet on February 10. Libicki is a former defector from PiS. He…

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A united opposition to PiS in Poland? It’ll have to be another time…

Olivier Bault February 10, 2021

Poland - On Saturday, February 6, the main opposition party in Poland, the liberal Civic Platform (PO), presented the idea of a grand coalition of the opposition, called “Coalition 276”. Why 276? Because that is the number of deputies to the Sejm…

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Poland’s demographic deficit is growing despite PiS’s pro-natalist policy

Olivier Bault February 8, 2021

After an increase in the number of births in 2016 and 2017, which the government attributed to the introduction of family allowances for the first time in post-communist Poland, the birth rate began to fall again in 2018. That trend was confirmed…

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Polish opposition wants “decriminalisation of abortion aid”

Sébastien Meuwissen February 3, 2021

MPs from the Left and the liberal Civic Coalition (KO) will meet on Friday to discuss legal solutions in connection with the judgment of the Constitutional Court on abortion. The main topic of the talks is "decriminalisation of abortion aid." “Thanks to…

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The ban on eugenic abortions becomes effective in Poland

Olivier Bault January 30, 2021

Poland - On Wednesday evening the Polish government published the 22 October ruling of the Constitutional Court which declared the clause of the Polish abortion law authorizing abortions on grounds of the disability of the unborn child to be unconstitutional. In concrete…

Society

Polish tourism businesses revolting against Covid restrictions and finding ways around them

Olivier Bault January 21, 2021

Poland - In Poland, January 18 was the day winter tourism businesses that had joined the “Highlanders’ Veto” (Góralskie Veto) protest movement had chosen as the deadline for the resumption of their activity in spite of health restrictions. All over the country,…

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A tale of two very biased reports in the European Parliament: the López Aguilar report on Poland and the Sargentini report on Hungary

Olivier Bault August 27, 2020

European Union - The López Aguilar report on Poland was adopted by the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on July 16, 2020. The Sargentini report on Hungary was adopted by LIBE on June 25, 2018, and…

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Towards a confederation of European nations? Find out more about the preamble of a future European constitution

David Engels June 24, 2020

Europe - The usual advocates of the European Union, and its politically correct doctrine, often assert that all opposition to their universalism amounts to calling for a return to nationalism, the far-right and war. Yet the numbers of those that wish to…

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Can the Polish presidential election take place on May 10?

Olivier Bault April 29, 2020

Poland - “If someone from the opposition was now leading in the opinion polls, what would happen if the executive power declared a state of emergency in order to postpone the election?”, Krzysztof Szczerski, head of the Chancellery of the President of…

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Polish government seeks to limit economic damage from the pandemic

Olivier Bault April 20, 2020

Poland - The Polish government announced on Thursday evening a first series of measures designed to ease the lockdown and revive the economy, as this year seems set to bring the country’s first recession since 1992. The S&P rating agency expects a…

Society

Media pluralism in Poland and Hungary compared to France

Olivier Bault March 5, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Originally published in English on Kurier.plus. Poland/Hungary/France - The 2019 edition of the World Press Freedom Index puts Poland and Hungary respectively in 59th and 87th position out of 180 countries. 2019 World Press Freedom Index. Source: https://rsf.org/en/ranking Both…