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Democracy Digest: Migration becomes major electoral issue in Poland
Tusk was referring to a law change that would relax visa requirements for citizens from a number of countries including India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Nigeria in order to address shortages in the labour market.
Hungary and Poland revolt against EU migration
Hungary and Poland blocked the adoption of the European Council's conclusions on migration and left the matter to be resolved for a second attempt today.
This happened an hour after midnight on the first day of the EU summit in Brussels.
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Day 400 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Kyiv admits that Russian Forces made Progress in Bakhmut
Ukraine Inspires Brussels-Warsaw Rapprochement, but Cash Still Stuck
But if Morawiecki believed the sense of unity coursing through the EU might move Brussels to release 36 billion euros in frozen post-pandemic recovery cash, he was wrong.
A Whiff of Compromise in Warsaw’s Air
Morawiecki retorted that he was "not surprised by the level of emotion" demonstrated by Ziobro, given that the CJEU's rejection of Poland and Hungary's legal challenge to this new conditionality mechanism concerned an area of the justice minister's competency.
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Democracy Digest: Jourova Meets Polish PM as EU Funds on Hold over Rule of Law
The real world consequences of this dispute could be seen on Wednesday, when European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni for the first time stated officially that delays in negotiations over the Polish national spending plan for the EU Recovery Fund are being caused, in part, by Poland's problems with the rule of law.
Poland in 2021: Bracing for a Grim Year
The hollowness of the Polish state has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic: almost half a million people died in the country last year, the highest figure since World War II, and 20 per cent above the annual average in recent years, according to data compiled by Gazeta Wyborcza.
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Democracy Digest: Poland and Hungary Refuse to Back Down over EU Veto
Orban, who believes in the power of narratives, said the debate is not really about the rule of law, but about the rule of the majority. "There are a number of issues where we have a dispute with the other EU countries, like on migration and gender, and this would mean they could force their interpretation on us in all these questions.