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Now playing Next Poland Poland's Kaczyński to resign as deputy prime minister in 2022 The leader of the ruling Law and Justice will step down from his government role to focus on party affairs, according to the PAP state news agency. 13/10/2021
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Now playing Next Poland Poland’s ruling conservatives suffer defeat in local mayoral election Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party suffered a loss in the Rzeszow mayoral race, a vote could indicate how strong the party’s support is after nearly six years of governing the country. 14/06/2021
Now playing Next no comment Thousands protest in Warsaw against abortion reform and PiS government Thousands demonstrated in Warsaw to protest against a Constitutional Court ruling imposing an almost total ban on abortion in Poland, and also to demand the resignation of the ruling PiS government. 13/12/2020
Now playing Next Poland Poland: Police using 'excessive violence' against peaceful protesters At least 60 protesters, including one as young as 17, have been detained in recent weeks, Eliza Rutynowska, a lawyer who has been representing the demonstrators, told Euronews. 24/11/2020
Now playing Next Poland Poland: Eleventh day of anti-government, pro-abortion protests Marches were held in several Polish cities on Sunday despite coronavirus restrictions, and followed a 100,000-strong protest in Warsaw on Friday. 02/11/2020
Now playing Next Poland Watch: Thousands of demonstrators protest Poland's near abortion ban A decision last week by the country's constitutional court banned virtually all abortions, sparking a week of protests. 30/10/2020
Now playing Next Poland Poland protesters tussle with police after abortion ruling "Throwing in the topic of abortion and holding a pseudo-tribunal on it in the middle of a raging pandemic is more than cynicism. This is political villainy," said former Polish PM and President of the European Parliament Donald Tusk. 22/10/2020
Now playing Next Poland Poland's culture war: LGBT people forced to turn to civil disobedience In a political climate where anti-LGBT rhetoric is becoming ever more shrill, LGBT people and rights activists are turning to civil disobedience as their last resort to have their voice heard. 06/10/2020
Now playing Next Poland Polish Cabinet reshuffle: Kaczynski joins as deputy prime minister Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki presented a reshuffled Cabinet on Wednesday that formally brings the conservative ruling party's leader into a government position. 30/09/2020
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Now playing Next Poland These photos highlight the human hurt over Poland's 'LGBT-free zones' It's a response to 80 Polish municipalities declared themselves "free of LGBT ideology" last year. 23/01/2020
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