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2019 ends as it began, in political turmoil

We look back at the week in Europe where MEPs called on the Maltese leader to resign immediately, protests took place in the Czech Republic and Poland. A tumultuous end to a rollercoaster year in EU politics. Our journalists sum it up in their words of the year.

20/12/2019

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Polish parliament defies EU by passing controversial reform law

The Law and Justice Party has defended legislation that gives it the power to hire and fire judges.

19/12/2019

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Poland could be forced out of EU by judicial reforms, court warns

Poland might have to leave the EU if it wants to apply judicial reforms, the country's supreme court has warned.

18/12/2019

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Euroviews. Time is fast running out for judicial independence in PiS-ruled Poland ǀ View

The new proposed bill tries to put a definitive end to the activities of an abundant number of Polish judges to uphold the rule of law. The attack against judicial independence, then, takes a further step forward.

17/12/2019

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EU leaders agree on climate neutrality by 2050, Poland to go 'at own pace'

Discussions focused on funds for eastern European states to transition away from fossil fuels, while keeping nuclear power in the mix, but the deadline is a bit more flexible for one country.

13/12/2019

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Merkel visits Auschwitz for the first time as chancellor

The Chancellor, accompanied by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the visit, will bring a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the place where the Nazis ran their largest death camp.

06/12/2019

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Poles protest over rule of law after judge suspended

Poles protest over rule of law after judge suspended

01/12/2019

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Euroviews. Targeting environmental activists with counterterrorism measures is an abuse of the law ǀ View

Protecting the endangered Asiatic cheetah. Tweeting a satirical poem. Attending a climate conference. Campaigning against a power plant. These actions hardly conjure images of suicide bombers or coup plotters. Yet, they have been labelled “eco-terrorism,” “extremism,” “threats to national security".

28/11/2019

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Euroviews. Responding to Judit Varga: Separating facts from propaganda about the rule of law ǀ View

Normally, we do not respond to statements from ministers or other representatives of the Orbán regime. Exceptionally, in this instance, we thought it important to counter the misinformation Minister Judit Varga is deliberately spreading.

25/11/2019

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The tigers were being transported from Italy to Russia when they were discovered at the Poland-Belarus border.

21/11/2019

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The Brief: How the incoming Commission plans to tackle poverty in Europe

As President-elect von der Leyen and her Commission prepare to take office on December 1, there are already plans being made to tackle poverty in Europe, promoting of quality jobs, and a European Union-wide minimum wage.

20/11/2019

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Euroviews. Polish judges are showing their courage amid a crackdown on an independent judiciary ǀ View

“I feel like an entire machinery is against me,” Judge Monika Frąckowiak told me when I met her last month in the town of Poznań. “I will continue doing what I’m doing but I fear others might be silenced.”

19/11/2019

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The Brief: MEPs vote to condemn Poland's anti-sex education bill

Parliament voted overwhelmingly to condemn a bill proposed by the Polish government that would criminalize sex education in schools.

14/11/2019

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Poland's government is pressuring the online streaming service to alter a map in its The Devil Next Door documentary series, which shows Nazi death camps inside the border of modern Poland.

12/11/2019

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Polish far-right groups march in Warsaw on independence anniversary

"We have to return to our roots. Our world has abandoned God and Christianity," Robert Bakiewicz, head of a group organising the march, told the crowd.

11/11/2019

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The Brief: ECJ rules Polish reform is against EU law

The ECJ has ruled the 2017 reforms that lowered the retirement age for judges in Poland compromise the independence of courts and are gender discrimination.

06/11/2019

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EU court rules Polish government court reforms were unlawful

The EU's Court of Justice has found Poland broke the law with its 2017 judicial reforms that changed the retirement ages for judges and public prosecutors.

05/11/2019

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Euroviews. The day justice was finally served in Poland for vindicated anti-fascist campaigners ǀ View

A judge has ruled in the favour of the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly after a group of women protesting fascism at an Independence Day march in Poland were beaten - and themselves charged instead of their attackers.

29/10/2019

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The Brief: von der Leyen wants to move into Berlaymont

Ursula von der Leyen suggests a residence next to her office during her term as Commission president.

23/10/2019

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20/10/2019