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European Parliament continues pro-LGBT crusade – Reactions in Central Europe

The Editorial Board September 16, 2021

European Union – Pursuing its policy of standardising the EU and establishing “LGBT rights” in all Member States to create a more “rainbow-coloured Europe”, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on 13 September calling on the European Commission to take action to…

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Belarus accused of using Interpol to harass opponents abroad

The Editorial Board September 15, 2021

Belarus/Poland – On Sunday, 12 September, Makary Malachowski, a Belarusian opposition figure who had fled to Poland on a humanitarian visa, was arrested by the Polish police in the town of Piaseczno, in the southern part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. He…

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Merkel in Poland: farewell to an icon

The Editorial Board September 14, 2021

Poland/Germany – With the next Bundestag elections less than two weeks away, Angela Merkel, who is not running this time after having led Germany for almost 16 years – only three months less than her mentor, Helmut Kohl – is now bidding…

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…

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After Warsaw match, England’s football team accuses other side of racism, again

The Editorial Board September 10, 2021

Poland/England – Some footballers have been known to roll around on the ground screaming in pain when an opponent has only inadvertently grazed them, but in the England team they prefer to cry racism. Previous case in Budapest in early September On…

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European Commission asks ECJ to impose financial penalties on Poland

Olivier Bault September 9, 2021

Poland – For Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, the attitude of the European Commission, which is denying the Polish parliament the right to appoint the 15 judges who are to be members of the National Judicial Council (KRS), shows that “we are…

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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…

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Poland declares state of emergency on Belarusian border

The Editorial Board September 3, 2021

Poland/Belarus – The migration crisis we have been witnessing for several weeks on the western borders of Belarus – with the regime in Minsk having undertaken to bring in and send migrants (mainly Iraqis and Afghans) to the Lithuanian, Latvian and Polish…

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Poland’s Stefan Wyszyński, “Primate of the Millennium”, soon to be proclaimed Blessed

Agnieszka Golańska-Bault September 2, 2021

Poland – On September 12 in Warsaw, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Archbishop of Warsaw and Primate of Poland in the years 1948–1981, will be proclaimed Blessed. The ceremony, so eagerly awaited by Poles, was to take place in May last year. However, because…

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Pro-migrant activism and Tusk’s criticism of the government

The Editorial Board September 2, 2021

Poland – As the situation of 32 migrants stranded on the Belarusian side of the border near the Polish village of Usnarz Górny (Podlaskie) remained stalled – with Polish border guards denying them passage to Poland and their Belarusian counterparts preventing them…

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Polish episcopate, ECHR, UN and Women’s Strike come to the rescue of migrants

The Editorial Board August 31, 2021

Poland – While Belarusian border guards are turning back to the Polish and Latvian borders migrants – mainly Iraqis but also Afghans – that Lithuania is no longer willing to let through its territory, and while the government of Mateusz Morawiecki, supported…

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Influx of migrants at the Belarusian border: a crisis orchestrated by Minsk?

The Editorial Board August 31, 2021

Poland/Lithuania/Belarus – For several weeks, thousands of illegal migrants from the Middle East, mainly from Iraq, have been appearing on the Belarusian borders of Lithuania, Poland, and Latvia. Belarusian journalist Tadeusz Giczan (Тадеуш Гичан), editor-in-chief of the opposition media Nexta, published on…