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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…

Politics

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…

Politics

The European Commission’s attack on the reform of the justice system in Poland: summary, chronology and challenges

The Editorial Board July 15, 2020

Poland - Tensions between Brussels and Warsaw over the independence of the Polish judiciary have been ongoing since the end of 2015. They began immediately after the parliamentary elections won by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) in October 2015. In December…

Politics

Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Poland: some shared interests but opposing visions of a post-Brexit EU

Olivier Bault February 17, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Poland - This time the French mainstream media were much more vocal than during the French president’s October meeting with the Hungarian premier in Paris. Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Warsaw on February 3–4 was described as a turning point…

Politics

Poland: review of the year 2019

Olivier Bault January 21, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Two elections won by PiS, a thriving economy, a general offensive by the LGBT lobby, and an endless conflict with Brussels. After the partial victory of PiS and its allies in the municipal and regional elections in…

Politics

Poland – what is the political situation after the October elections?

Olivier Bault November 27, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of Law and Justice (PiS), never made any secret of the fact that at least two consecutive parliamentary terms were needed for PiS to complete and consolidate its reforms. The top priority was…

Politics

Poland: Unsurprising Victory of the Christian Conservatives of the PiS

The Editorial Board October 15, 2019

Poland - Sunday, October 13, 2019, Poland held parliamentary elections. The Law and Justice Party, PiS, won the victory unsurprisingly, extending its mandate for four years. Proportional voting for the Diet - Polish Parliament - and one-round majority for the Senate was…

Politics

Poland – PiS leading in opinion polls despite “scandals”

Olivier Bault September 30, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Although opposition media have been trying very hard to expose scandals linked to the current ruling party in Poland, the electorate is unimpressed. Jarosław Kaczyński’s social-conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) seems to be on track to…

Culture

Hungarians and the Warsaw Uprising

The Editorial Board September 3, 2019

By Marcin Bąk. Originally published on Kurier.plus. Poland - Of the many brotherly pages in Polish-Hungarian relations, one of the brightest is the attitude of the Hungarian army during the heroic 63 days of fighting in Warsaw in 1944. Warsaw and Poles…

Interviews

Ryszard Terlecki: “In Poland, The Opposition Is Trying To Come Back To Power By Non-Democratic Means”

Olivier Bault February 23, 2019

Interview with Ryszard Terlecki, Deputy Marshal of the Polish Sejm: "The opposition is trying to come back to power by non-democratic means". Poland – In this last opus of our series of interviews with personalities of the Polish political life, Olivier Bault…

Society

Poland, Hungary and France: A Common Cause

The Editorial Board January 2, 2019

By Antoni Trzmiel. Poland - We publish here the translation of Antoni Trzmiel's editorial about the partnership we started with them. The dorzeczy.pl website, belonging to the Polish weekly Do Rzeczy, has begun cooperation with the Visegr á d Post…

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