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EU summit: Polish legal row and energy prices to take centre stage

The meeting, which will probably be Chancellor Merkel's last council, will also include discussions on trade deals, digital transformation and migration.

Germany

Germany proposes joint border patrols with Poland to curb migration

Authorities in Germany say around 4,500 migrants have crossed from Poland without documentation since August.

Europe News

'Poland will not be intimidated': Polish PM defiant over EU law row

"We cannot remain silent when our country is attacked in an unfair and biased manner," said Morawiecki.

Europe News

EU institution overreach puts bloc's future at risk, says Polish PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, due to address the European Parliament on Tuesday, has published an open letter to EU leaders ahead of a leaders' summit this week.

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Poland

EU calls for emergency meeting over worsening Belarus border crisis

The EU Home Affairs Commissioner questions Poland's treatment of migrants attempting to cross its border from Belarus after Polish police found the body of a Syrian migrant.

World News

Euroviews. Legal row could see Poland become a second-class member of EU | View

"The consequences of Warsaw assaulting the EU legal order could be far-reaching, potentially turning Poland into a second-class member of the bloc."

Poland

Polish MPs green light border wall to stop Belarus migrant crossings

Poland's lower house of parliament has passed a draft bill on constructing a new wall at the Belarusian border following an influx of migrants.

Green News

Polish activists protest as logging resumes in Bialowieza forest

Polish authorities say the logging operations are legal and necessary to protect against wood-boring insects.

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.

United Kingdom

Fan unrest as Hungary draws at England; Poland walks off

The disorder in London happened around kickoff after England players taking a knee had been booed by the visiting fans.

Design

How Poland’s communist-era churches rebelled against the regime

A remarkable record of individual design and craftsmanship, Poland's Communist-Era Churches pay homage to experimental forms that still wow today.

Poland

In Poland's borderlands, ignorance and hate echo Europe's darkest era

Elżbieta used to travel to Włodawa to go mushroom picking. Now she helps save the desperate as they try to reach Europe.

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Tens of thousands of Polish EU supporters demonstrate in Warsaw

Large protests were held across Poland on Sunday in a show of support for the European Union after the nation's constitutional court ruled this week that the Polish constitution overrides some EU laws.

Poland

Poland sees pro-EU rallies as battle lines drawn over court ruling

"I am European. I am also a Pole, but mainly a European," Robert Galemba, a protester, said.

Poland

Poland: EU countries split after Polish court ruling on EU law

France and Germany reiterated their support for the EU Commission but Hungary has welcomed the Polish ruling, calling on the bloc to respect national sovereignty.

My Europe Series

Will Poland's 'nuclear strike' on EU's legal order lead to 'Polexit'?

The ruling that Polish law has supremacy over the EU's sent shockwaves across Europe. But what will it mean for EU-Poland relations?

Europe News

What powers does EU have to bring Poland into line over legal dispute?

The extraordinary ruling from the Polish Constitutional Court poses an unprecedented challenge to the European Commission.

Poland

Belarus forces opened fire on Polish troops over border, says Warsaw

Poland claims Belarusian security forces fired blank ammunition at the border on Thursday, maintaining the stress on Polish troops.

Poland

Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp

Nine barracks were spray-painted with anti-Semitic phrases in both English and German, the memorial said.

Belarus

Belarus will refuse to take back migrants until the EU lifts sanctions

The vote on Monday formalises the move that was announced by Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko in June.

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