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Right-wing Polish MEP secures chair of EU committee

A knife-edge vote saw the MEP take leadership of the Parliament’s petitions committee, as centrist parties seek to maintain a cordon sanitaire against the far-right.

23/07/2024

Europe News

Poland's Law and Justice chooses Meloni over Orbán in EU Parliament

Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) had been courted by Hungary's Viktor Orbán to join his brand new "Patriots for Europe" alliance.

03/07/2024

Poland

PiS leader denounces EU ‘inequality’ at Warsaw polling station

Kaczyński, 74, has been a mainstay of Polish politics for decades, known for espousing nationalist and conservative views that purport to defend Poland from outside influence.

09/06/2024

Europe News

Tusk rejigs cabinet to release ministers running in European elections

Last year, Poland voted out a hardline right-wing government, but the right is expected to make EU-wide gains next month.

10/05/2024

Poland

Poland's local election results preview tight EU elections

Local elections in Poland, where former ruling party Law and Justice won by a slight percentage margin, could serve as an early indication for the results of June's EU elections.

08/04/2024

Poland

Polish opposition party demand the release of two imprisoned members

The two politicians were arrested last week after being sentenced by a Warsaw court to two years behind bars for abuse of power.

16/01/2024

Poland

Companies pull ads from Polish TV station after Auschwitz comments

TV Republika are in hot water after commentators on the station said 'migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or be branded'.

05/01/2024

Poland

Polish populist nationalists occupy state television premises

The sit-in comes as Prime Minister Donald Tusk continues his mission to reform state television and radio in the country.

20/12/2023

Poland

Poland's parliament elects centrist party leader Donald Tusk as PM

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s government lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, ending the rule of his national conservative party after eight years in power.

11/12/2023

Climate

Can Poland’s new government wean the country off coal?

On International Day of Climate Action, we look at how young activists played a major role in ousting Poland’s ‘anti-climate’ party.

24/10/2023

Poland

Poland's ruling party to lose majority after election - exit poll

Poland's three opposition parties appear to have won enough votes to oust the governing nationalist conservative party.

16/10/2023

Poland

A record number of Poles abroad register to vote in Sunday's election

Over half a million Poles abroad registered to vote in the Sunday 15 October election, in which Donald Tusk’s opposition party hopes to unseat the ruling nationalist Law and Justice party.

11/10/2023

Poland

Poland is one month away from an election that could shake things up

One month before Poland’s parliamentary election on 15 October, Euronews looks at how the race might shake up the country’s politics through two new risky coalitions.

15/09/2023

Poland

'No examples' of authoritarianism in Poland, claims minister

Poland's ruling party has been widely accused of damaging the country's democratic progress.

08/09/2023

Poland

Under the shadow of war, Poland sets election date

Campaigns begin as anxieties in Poland are rising over the presence of Russian Wagner mercenaries near the border.

09/08/2023

Poland

Polish academics face funding cuts for criticising Holocaust narrative

Polish academics have come under fire and faced threats of funding cuts for criticising the role of ethnic Poles in helping Jews escape Nazi persecution.

11/05/2023

Poland

Poland passes new law to appease EU and release funding

Brussels has suspended billions of euros in aid for Poland, criticising the government's control over the judiciary.

13/01/2023

Poland

Poland's most powerful politician steps down to focus on election

Poland is due to hold its next general election by autumn 2023.

21/06/2022

Spain

Two-day far-right summit begins in Madrid led by Spain's Vox

The summit is a follow-up to a similar gathering in Warsaw in December.

29/01/2022

Poland

Poland's judicial appointments process against EU law, rules ECJ

The EU's top court has ruled that the Polish government's ability to send judges to higher courts and remove them casts doubts over judicial independence.

16/11/2021