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Solidarity visit of V4 capitals’ mayors in Kyiv

The Editorial Board January 16, 2023

V4/Ukraine – The mayors of the Visegrád Four’s capital cities, who have formed a “Pact of Free Cities”, visited Kyiv on 11 January. Bratislava’s mayor Matúš Vallo, Budapest’s Gergely Karácsony, Prague’s Zdeněk Hřib, and Warsaw’s Rafał Trzaskowski came at the invitation of…

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European Conservatives and Reformists’ summit in Warsaw

The Editorial Board December 6, 2022

Poland – The various parties belonging to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament met in Warsaw on Saturday, 3 December. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended in person, while his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, as well…

Society

Photo report of the 2022 Polish Independence Day March

Ferenc Almássy November 12, 2022

Poland - For more than a decade, each year on the 11th of November, the major event happening in the Polish capital city is the Independence March (Marsz Niepodległości). For most people, 11 November 1918 means the end of the war, but…

Society

Street prayers in Poland with Men’s Rosary rallies every first Saturday of the month

Agnieszka Golańska-Bault March 18, 2022

Poland – The last public rosary prayer in Warsaw, on 5 March, was attended by about 500 people and was recited for a just peace in Ukraine. For the past three years, every first Saturday of the month, the sidewalks of many…

Society

New Polish law to protect pupils from LGBT indoctrination

Olivier Bault February 19, 2022

Poland – A new law has just been passed by the Polish parliament to allow the authorities to expel the LGBT lobby and gender ideologues from the country’s schools. Dubbed “Lex Czarnek” in reference to its initiator, Education Minister Przemysław Czarnek, the…

Politics

The United States and the Polish foreign policy dilemma

David Engels February 10, 2022

Poland/USA – It is always surprising to note that Polish conservatives' views on the United States are completely different from those of the French or Germans, even and especially in the context of the current Russian-Ukrainian crisis. This may be a truism,…

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Ukrainian crisis causing friction between Germany and Poland

Olivier Bault January 31, 2022

Poland/Germany – In the face of growing tension between Russia and Ukraine, most Central European countries – Hungary being the exception – have closed ranks and stand in solidarity with Ukraine, whose sovereignty they consider threatened by repeated Russian army drills on…

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Poland launches construction of 5.5-m tall fence on border with Belarus

The Editorial Board January 27, 2022

Poland/Belarus – Driven by the migration crisis orchestrated by the authorities in Minsk at the Polish-Belarusian border in response to European sanctions, the project to build a 5.5-metre high border fence between Poland and Belarus is taking shape, with work having just…

Politics

Conflict of jurisdiction between Brussels and the EU’s East getting nasty (Part 1)

Olivier Bault January 5, 2022

Warsaw demands EU treaties be complied with and refuses to pay fines imposed by the ECJ A series of three articles by Olivier Bault dealing with the current conflicts between the European Commission, the ECJ and the member states opposing judicial activism…

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This year’s Polish Independence March to be a state-sponsored event

La Rédaction November 10, 2021

Poland – In the face of Warsaw liberal mayor Rafał Trzaskowski’s efforts to prevent the organization of the now traditional 11 November Independence March via various legal proceedings, the leader of the PiS parliamentary group and deputy chairman of the Sejm, Ryszard…

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Restitution issue once again at the center of tensions between Poland and Israel

Olivier Bault July 3, 2021

Poland – The issue of the restitution of real estate that belonged to Jewish families returned to the forefront with a new Polish law adopted by the Sejm on June 24, and a new emotional reaction – largely disconnected from reality –…

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…

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