Donald Tusk has overtly claimed in recent months that in case of electoral victory on October 15, as prime minister of Poland he will disregard all laws passed by the Polish parliament since 2015 which he finds to have been adopted in…
Poland – During an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF on Sunday, August 6, the leader of the European People’s Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, made controversial remarks about Poland’s Law and Justice party (PiS) that provoked strong reactions in Warsaw.
Explaining why…
Could Poland lose access not only to the Next Generation EU “Recovery and Resilience Facility” funds, which are still being withheld by the European Commission over a long-standing dispute concerning the Polish judiciary, but also to the much-needed cohesion funds promised with…
Interview with Grégor Puppinck, Director of the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ): “If Poland chooses a liberal government, the country will undergo an Irish-style cultural revolution. This would mean a cultural reversal and a big shift towards an excessively liberal…
Poland – The Polish government announced on Wednesday that an agreement had been brokered with the European Commission on the contentious points of Poland’s justice reforms, invoked by Brussels to block the payment of the 35.4 billion euros corresponding to the Polish…
Hungary/European Union – At the meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) that took place on Monday, 12 December, Hungarian representatives finally came to an agreement with their European counterparts on the four issues that remained unresolved after the meeting of finance…
This article was published online by Sovereignty.pl on 25 May 2022, and is a translation of an article published by Do Rzeczy.
The alleged defenders of the “rule of law” are in fact very flexible in their approach to this term and…
Hungary/EU – Is the timing a coincidence? Probably not, as the same thing happened after the 2018 elections in Hungary: only two days after the Hungarians handed the Fidesz-KDNP coalition another mandate with a two-thirds majority in their 3 April parliamentary elections,…
This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 27 March 2022.
“Not only did the Hungarian people work hard for this money, but they are also setting an example for all of Europe by helping those in need. I believe…
Hungary/Poland – By Thursday, 10 March, the war in Ukraine had been going on for a fortnight. Hungary and Poland found themselves on the front lines of a massive influx of Ukrainian refugees, and had already taken in more than 1.5 million…
Poland – In 2020, Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and his Solidarna Polska (United Poland) party, which is an essential part of the PiS-led United Right coalition’s fragile majority in the Sejm, threatened to walk out of the government if Prime Minister…
European Union – The European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision was expected and it came as no surprise to most commentators. On Wednesday, 16 February, the European Court of Justice dismissed “the actions brought by Hungary and Poland against the conditionality mechanism…