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Split in Polish government after ECJ ruling on “rule of law” mechanism

Olivier Bault February 22, 2022

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…

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Health passport checks: the great divide between Ziobro and Morawiecki

The Editorial Board December 18, 2021

Poland - According to information reported this Thursday, December 16 by the conservative magazine Do Rzeczy, another serious conflict has arisen within the Polish government. The Minister of Justice, Zbigniew Ziobro (Solidarna Polska) apparently disagrees with a proposed law on verification of…

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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…

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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…

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PiS majority in the Sejm threatened by internal divisions

Olivier Bault February 13, 2021

Poland - “The Polish political scene is in a state of some turmoil – on both the government and the opposition side,” PSL senator Jan Filip Libicki said on Radio Wnet on February 10. Libicki is a former defector from PiS. He…