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Ryanair flight’s forced landing in Minsk and Protasevich’s arrest as seen from Poland

Olivier Bault May 31, 2021

“To catch an opponent, Lukashenko hijacked a Polish plane,” was the headline on the website of the leading newspaper of the Polish liberal left, Gazeta Wyborcza, on Sunday, May 23. The Ryanair plane used for the Athens–Vilnius flight that day is indeed…

Society

Robert Lewandowski: The ever-hungry sniper

Sébastien Meuwissen May 29, 2021

Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich’s Polish attacker, is considered by many as being amongst the best football players in the world and his stats are unbelievable. Having already scored 4 goals against Real Madrid during the 2013 Champions League semi-finals, he then did…

Politics

Will the upcoming completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline be a blow to Poland and to NATO’s eastern flank?

Olivier Bault May 27, 2021

Poland – With the lifting of US sanctions against companies involved in the construction of the second Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea, the forthcoming completion of this new link is now almost certain. This lifting…

Politics

Towards a federal and uniform Europe with the “rule of law” mechanism

Olivier Bault May 24, 2021

Poland – Polish media reported last week that the European Parliament had asked the European Court of Justice to speed up the examination of Poland’s and Hungary’s appeal against the rule of law mechanism adopted at the EU summit in December. This…

Politics

Alexandre Latsa: “Dynamic conservatives of the world: Unite!”

The Editorial Board May 22, 2021

We have decided to share Alexandre Latsa’s response to an article in “Do Rzeczy”, a Polish newspaper, on Russian and Polish conservatisms, which can be consulted in French here. Alexandre Latsa is a Frenchman who lives in Moscow and works as an…

Society

Poland: 48 foreign diplomats express their support for the LGBT agenda

The Editorial Board May 20, 2021

Poland - In a well-practiced ritual, 48 foreign diplomats based in Poland published on May 17 – “on the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT)” – a new open letter in support of LGBT demands in Poland. This time, the open…

Politics

PiS presents its post-pandemic program

Olivier Bault May 19, 2021

Some malicious voices say that this is already an election program, just in case early elections have to be called. The new government program presented last weekend at the national convention of the Law and Justice party (PiS) was, however, also signed…

Interviews

Grzegorz Kucharczyk: “The Prussian elite considered Poland as a failed state”

Sébastien Meuwissen May 17, 2021

Grzegorz Kucharczyk is a Polish historian and Humanities professor, specialised in 19th and 20th century political thinking as well as the history of Germany. One of his latest offerings is “Five Centuries of Prussia” (Prusy, Pięc wieków), published by the Historical and…

Politics

Donald Tusk’s former party sinking into crisis, caught in trap of “total opposition” strategy against PiS

Olivier Bault May 14, 2021

Poland – The abstention of the Civic Coalition (KO) in the Sejm vote on the European Recovery Plan ratification law seems to have accentuated the deepening identity crisis experienced by the main partner in this coalition of liberals and greens: the Civic…

Politics

Conservative journalist banned from television for criticizing Polish government’s anti-Covid policy

Olivier Bault May 13, 2021

Is it still permissible in Poland to criticize the government’s policy against the Covid-19 pandemic? One may have doubts, after public television suspended conservative journalist Jan Pospieszalski’s program Warto Rozmawiać (“It’s worth talking”) following the discussions held on April 12. The speakers,…

Society

Polish economy doing surprisingly well

Olivier Bault May 8, 2021

Poland - The Polish economy is faring rather well compared with other EU economies in the face of the crisis caused by health restrictions, with GDP falling by only 2.8% in 2020, and growth forecast at 3.1% this year and 5.1% in…

Politics

PiS to adopt EU recovery plan without coalition partner’s support but with help of The Left

Olivier Bault April 30, 2021

Poland – On Tuesday, commentators close to both the government and the opposition seemed to agree: the PiS-led United Right coalition will survive until the next parliamentary elections in 2023. An agreement had been reached between the coalition partners on a new…