Poland/Germany – The conviction in Germany of Dariusz Oko, a Catholic priest, professor of humanities and lecturer at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, has caused a stir in Poland. The story has even made it to the cover…
Poland – While Poles were commemorating the anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against German occupation, some chose to show their support for Poland’s independence now, which they believe is threatened by the ambitions of EU institutions.
“On Poland’s side!”
On the initiative of the…
Poland – The commemorative ceremonies marking the Wola massacre – committed 77 years ago, between 5 and 12 August 1944, by SS units against the population of that district as part of the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising – took place in…
Poland – In an interview given to the PAP press agency, and cited by the Polish press on 30 July, Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (PiS) spoke out the predisposition of EU authorities to affirm the supremacy of EU law over national legislations…
Poland – The European Commission has given Poland until 16 August to suspend its Supreme Court’s new Disciplinary Chamber, failing which it will again refer the matter to the ECJ to apply a daily fine. The financial penalty will increase with each…
Visegrád – The foreign ministers of the Visegrád Group met on Monday 19 July in the town of Komárom to discuss economic and migration issues, the stated aim of the V4 being to revive the economy and overcome the new migration crisis.…
Poland – Already dubbed “Lex TVN” by its critics, a law that would force the American owner of one of Poland’s two major private television groups to sell at least part of its shares is worrying the opposition and setting American diplomacy…
Poland – The major significance of the rulings delivered between 13 and 15 July by the European Court of Justice and the Polish Constitutional Court is not lost on anyone in Poland. Outside of Poland, few media outlets seem to understand what…
Hungary/Poland – Many political observers expected that the latent conflict between the two Central European countries and EU institutions over “European values” – recently called “imaginary values” by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša – would eventually lead to the European Commission launching new infringement…
Poland – Can the EU extend the scope of its competences, without member states having a say, through the decisions of the European Court of Justice? That was the question the Polish Constitutional Court had to answer when it considered, on Wednesday…
Poland – On 7 July, the PiS group announced that it once again had a majority in the Sejm thanks to the return of one of the three MPs who had left at the end of June. The government formed by the…
Poland – The virulent hostility between Donald Tusk and the Kaczyński brothers, which had lasted since 2005, took a back seat with Donald Tusk’s departure for Brussels in 2014. Unusually, Tusk gave up his post as Prime Minister of the Republic of…