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Fearful of Russian expansionism, Poland invests in its defense

Olivier Bault April 28, 2021

Poland – “Poland deploys troops close to Belarusian border in response to crackdown on Polish minority,” the Berlin-based media outlet BNE Intellinews reported on April 13. The connection made between the launch this year of the second stage of the formation of…

Culture

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, a struggle for human dignity celebrated on April 19

Olivier Bault April 22, 2021

Poland – Last Monday Poland commemorated the 78th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with the participation of the Polish and Israeli foreign ministers and more than 50 Polish and Israeli ambassadors from around the world. At noon, sirens…

Politics

What does Moscow believe in? Russian conservatism is not necessarily the same as Western conservatism

Partenaire April 17, 2021

Article published in the Polish liberal-conservative weekly Do Rzeczy No. 13/418 of March 29. The Kremlin presents itself as the global defender of traditional values. This is not without good reason, but the claim is based on different values than those of a…

Society

“Size matters”? The declining population of Poland within a European context

David Engels April 14, 2021

Poland - A few days ago, media outlets reported that Poland’s population, despite the considerable resources committed by its government, continues to decline. Since 2020, the country’s population has shrunk by 115,000 and its birth rate is as weak as it was…

Politics

Ratification of Next Generation EU recovery plan divides Poland

Olivier Bault April 13, 2021

Poland – Will Poland block the Next Generation EU recovery plan? Will this stalemate bring down the United Right coalition led by Jarosław Kaczyński’s Law and Justice (PiS) party? It is not only in Germany that the machine is stuck, after the…

Society

The Smolensk Crash and the “Industry of Disdain”

Sébastien Meuwissen April 10, 2021

Poland – On 10 April 2010, the Polish presidential plane crashed on the outskirts of Smolensk in western Russia, claiming the lives of 96 people including Polish president Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria. This official delegation was on its way to…

Society

Almost a full year of remote schooling for Polish children!

Olivier Bault April 8, 2021

Poland – While the management of the first wave of the pandemic in the spring 2020 by the Polish government, as well as the other governments of the Visegrád Group, may have looked rather good in comparison with the major Western European…

Politics

Press statement by Viktor Orbán after his talks with Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Poland and Matteo Salvini, President of the Italian government party Lega

The Editorial Board April 7, 2021

Press statement by Viktor Orbán after his talks with Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Poland and Matteo Salvini, President of the Italian government party Lega 1 April 2021, Budapest Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. No matter how much one wants to deal with…

Society

Why the Lukashenko regime is targeting the Polish minority

Olivier Bault April 1, 2021

The arrests of members of the Polish minority that took place on March 25 are not unprecedented in Belarus. On the other hand, the charges brought – “incitement to hatred” and “rehabilitation of Nazism”, which can carry 12 years’ imprisonment – reflect…

Politics

Can this new scandal really weaken PiS in Poland?

Olivier Bault March 29, 2021

Poland - Since February 26, the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza has been making numerous revelations about the CEO of the Polish oil company PKN Orlen. Orlen, a former state company, remains 27% state-owned, and the government of Mateusz Morawiecki therefore had a decisive…

Interviews

Marek Jurek: ‘Yes to Family, No to Gender’ – A citizens’ bill for Poland to pull out of the Istanbul Convention

Olivier Bault March 24, 2021

Interview with Marek Jurek, former Marshal (President) of the Polish Sejm in 2005–07, former Member of the European Parliament in 2014–19, founding member of the Right of the Republic party (Prawica Rzeczypospolitej), leader of the Christian Social Congress (Chrześcijański Kongres Społeczny). Together…

Politics

Now that Viktor Orbán and Fidesz have finally exited Donald Tusk’s EPP Group, what is the next step?

Bill Ravotti March 23, 2021

Orbán indicated that he wanted to form a party with Matteo Salvini (Italy) and the PiS of Poland. However, what was once possible in 2019 (when Orbán decided to stay with EPP), may prove more difficult today. Salvini, whose Lega party is…