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Democracy Digest: Criminal Justice System the Focus in Poland and Slovakia
However, the prosecutors who were given just two days to relocate argue they were singled out because of their activity in "Lex Super Omnia" - a prosecutors' association which has been critical of PiS's justice reforms over the past five years.
Poland Pushes Law to Limit ‘Censorship’ by Internet Giants
High-level Polish officials have jumped on the bandwagon of criticism over US President Donald Trump's social media bans to promote a recent draft law officially aimed at combatting online "censorship", but which digital rights groups warn must be scrutinised carefully.
‘Polexit’ Sign Appears at End of Long Corridor
A few weeks later, after a successful European Council summit, which agreed a compromise solution over the rule-of-law conditionality that EU institutions want to impose on EU funds, Morawiecki was hailing it as a victory for Poland: "Thank you [Hungarian Prime Minister] Viktor Orban for our cooperation for the best budget for Poland and the fight to keep the agreed conditions."
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Democracy Digest: Battle of the Budget Has Poland and Hungary Claiming Victory
European Council President Charles Michel spoke for many when he tweeted: "Now we can start with the implementation [of the budget and recovery package] and build back our economies."
German Patience Could Help Bring Poland Round
Politicians from Poland's governing coalition have fallen back on the typical anti-German tropes to justify the veto.
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Poland’s Government Creates Constitutional Crisis It Will Find Hard to Resolve
Legislative path
Since it took office in 2015, PiS has attempted to tighten the abortion laws several times. Protests have always broken out and proved effective in blocking the reforms from even passing the reading stage in the parliament. However, this time, politicians have taken a legislative path that will be much harder to reverse.
Democracy Digest: Elections, Economy and School Violence amid COVID19
Polish Election Antics Show ‘Collapse of Democracy’
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Poland Postpones Presidential Election
Going Postal: Poland's Mail Carriers Decry COVID-19 Election
Poland Postpones Presidential Election
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Going Postal: Poland's Mail Carriers Decry COVID-19 Election
The leaders of the Law and Justice (PiS) party and Porozumienie, one of two parties propping up the PiS-dominated coalition, made the announcement on Wednesday night.
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Democracy Digest: Poland’s Presidential Soap Opera
Those three are Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska from the centrist Civic Coalition, Wladyslaw Kosianiak-Kamysz from the agrarian Polish People's Party and independent Szymon Holownia.
Jitters in the PiS camp were confirmed by party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski himself during an interview published on February 26 by Gazeta Polska, a magazine considered friendly to the right-wing government.
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