Polish journalist who investigated Tusk’s ally detained for three months without trial
Leszek Kraskowski, who has for over 20 years investigated allegations of the abuse of power and corruption against all governments.
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Polish children’s ombudsman slams end of term ice cream treat for top pupils as fostering inequality
The commissioner was elected in Parliament by the centre-left majority which backs the coalition government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Polish President’s national security adviser quits in protest at PM Tusk’s refusal to accept court verdict on security clearance
Sławomir Cenckiewicz has resigned as head of the opposition Conservatives (PiS)-aligned Polish President Karol Nawrocki's National Security Bureau. In doing.
Polish ruling majority defies President taking oath of office from disputed judges
The Speaker of the Polish Parliament Włodzimierz Czarzasty accepted the taking of the oaths of office from four constitutional judges who were elected by parliament…
Poland’s intervention in the fuel market meets with EC disapproval
The European Commission has attacked a Polish move to lower VAT on motor fuels to protect consumers from surging prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
Wrestling match: PM Tusk moves to yank away control of Polish constitutional court
The Polish parliamentary majority that supports the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has passed a resolution paving the way for it to change…
Prosecute the victim, hide the charges: Tusk prosecutor pursues ex-minister
Poland’s prosecutors have filed an indictment against a former government minister after his email in which he had kept government correspondence was hacked.
Trying to bring it down? Poland’s popular YouTube channel smeared by PM Tusk allies
The head of a popular Polish YouTube current affairs channel has produced documented evidence that a publicly funded NGO has commissioned a PR operation aimed at…
PM Tusk’s Polish coalition fragments as its centrist component falls apart
Poland’s ruling coalition is experiencing turbulence after a senior member of the government announced she and more than a dozen other MPs are leaving to form…
Poland’s Supreme Court rejects EU attempts to regulate judicial system
A joint session of two chambers of the Polish Supreme Court has adopted a resolution that rejects the right of the European Union to regulate Poland’s judicial…
Polish right-wing MEP loses European Parliamentary immunity again
Polish right-wing politician Grzegorz Braun MEP has had his immunity removed by the European Parliament to face charges in Poland, including allegedly inciting religious…
Poland’s Ombudsman slams PM Tusk government’s ‘rule of law’ bill
The Polish Ombudsman, Marcin Wiącek, has criticised the “rule of law” bill proposed by the coalition government because it is based on a “false premise”.
Poles apart: President Nawrocki and PM Tusk clash over court purge
Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk, ideologically poles apart, are set to clash over judicial reforms aimed at purging thousands…
In Tusk’s Poland, justice isn’t blind
Equality before the law is only possible when justice is blind—administered to all indiscriminately, without fear or favour.
EU influence wears off: European court makes a decision, Poland says, “So what?”
When Polish Justice Minister and General Prosecutor Waldemar Żurek sat down in his office a week ago to record a piece of video for his social media accounts, he…
The imperious ECJ tells Poland that all rulings from its upper courts can be ignored
On 4 September, in case C-225/22, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared that Polish courts must disregard rulings of higher courts if these…
Polish judicial system in disarray after ‘destructive’ ECJ ruling
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the Supervisory Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court’s verdicts are invalid because that judicial body does not…
Polish PM Tusk’s new justice minister dismisses swathe of election commissioners
Waldemar Żurek, the newly appointed justice minister in Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centre-left government, has announced the sacking of 46 heads and…
Polish maverick right-wing MEP Braun says gas chambers were ‘fake’
Grzegorz Braun MEP has claimed in a radio interview that Jews engaged in ritual murders and that the gas chambers in Auschwitz were a “fake”.
Polish Supreme Court validates election despite PM Tusk’s objections
Poland’s Supervisory Chamber of the Supreme Court has validated the result of Poland’s presidential election of June 1 which saw the opposition Conservative…
Dirty-tricks Tusk refuses to accept victory of Nawrocki in presidential election
Prime Minister Donald Tusk does not back down. On June 1 his candidate for president Rafal Trzaskowski lost the vote to the Conservative Karol Nawrocki.
Poland’s ruling coalition creaks as PM Tusk applies pressure over election validation
Tensions have risen in Poland's ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk over the recent presidential election results.
Polish justice minister demands vote recount in almost 1,500 polling districts
Poland’s justice minister Adam Bodnar has filed a request to the Supreme Court to order an inspection of ballots in 1,472 polling districts across the country.
Tusk challenges Polish presidential election result
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has gone on the record questioning the result of the presidential elections and threatened that prosecutors may be used in any…
Losing government candidate in Polish election demands full recount
The campaign committee of Rafał Trzaskowski, the Polish presidential candidate of the ruling Civic Coalition (KO) party, has petitioned the Polish Supreme Court…
Polish MEP destroys LGBT exhibition in country’s parliament
Grzegorz Braun MEP has torn down an exhibition organised by a pro-LGBT association Opole Rainbow during his visit to the Polish parliament.
Polish PM Tusk says he has renewed mandate despite presidential election loss
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk on June 11 won a confidence vote in parliament arguing that his party’s candidate narrow loss in the presidential election…
Polish President warns that PM Tusk’s government may annul elections
Polish President Andrzej Duda has surprised many by speaking at the campaign rally for the opposition Conservatives' (PiS) candidate Karol Nawrocki in the city of…
Polish MEP attempts ‘citizens arrest’ over abortion at week 36 of pregnancy
Polish right-wing MEP Grzegorz Braun attempted a citizen's arrest when he entered a hospital in Poland aiming to detain a gynaecologist he alleged had murdered a…
Polish opposition PiS outraged after killer of staff member is released from jail
Poland’s opposition Conservatives (PiS) have expressed fury with the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk over the release from prison of Ryszard…