Tag: Politics Poland
EU summit: hot debate on energy and the rule of law – politics
EU Council President Charles Michel did not want the sensitive issue on the agenda for the summit but now it is inevitable: When the 27 heads of state and government…
Border controls: number of refugees through Belarus and Poland is increasing – politics
The number of unauthorized people entering Germany across the Polish border is apparently increasing significantly. By Sunday, the officials had registered around 3,000 people at the border in October alone,…
Poland and the EU: Showdown in the European Parliament – Politics
Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s Prime Minister, was 14 when he fought an authoritarian regime with Molotov cocktails. What a joke if he of all people were to lead his country out…
Poland’s Prime Minister speaks in front of the EU Parliament – Politics
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will speak to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg this Wednesday. The controversial Polish judicial reform is on the agenda. Morawiecki wants to take…
Polexit: Why Poland will not leave the EU – opinion
Polexit, the word for a Polish farewell to the European Union, is one of those political fantasies that are often used to dramatize and thus also to simplify the messed…
EU Parliament puts pressure on rule of law mechanism – politics
MEPs want to sue the Commission if it does not soon apply new rules to protect the EU budget against countries like Hungary or Poland. Spicy: Poland’s Prime Minister visits…
European Union: Poland is threatened by von der Leyen – politics
After the controversial Polish constitutional court ruling on the relationship between national law and EU law, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen threatened the country with specific penalties for…
Dispute with EU: Thousands of Poles protest against constitutional court policy
In Poland, thousands of people across the country demonstrated against a controversial ruling by the Constitutional Court and for their country to remain in the EU. In Warsaw, the demonstrators…
Strike against the Law: Poland’s Constitutional Court vs. Europe – Opinion
The judgment of the Polish Constitutional Court has finally arrived – and it turns out as expected: Poland’s constitution allegedly stands above several articles of the EU treaties that oblige…
Poland: Court declares EU treaties unconstitutional in parts – politics
According to a ruling by the Polish Constitutional Court, parts of EU law are incompatible with the country’s constitution. “The attempt by the European Court of Justice to interfere in…