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‘This has to stop’: Polish MEP threatens legal action against vice pre

Roza Thun told Euronews the insult “crossed all boundaries,” as she joined calls from leading MEPs for Ryszard Czarnecki’s dismissal

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Poland's government prefers to embrace, rather than alienate, far righ

Law and Justice party argues winning voters away from extremist parties is preferable to allowing them to gain their own momentum, Reuters reports.

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Poland gets surprise new PM

Poland gets a surprise prime minister to replace the popular Beata Szydlo

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Poland facing huge fines over ancient forest logging

The Bialowieza forest includes one of the largest surviving parts of the primeval forest that covered the European plain 10,000 years ago.

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ECJ decision on Bialowieza logging 'welcomed'

ECJ ban on logging in Europe's oldest forest 'welcomed' by conservationists.

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Poland, a two-speed EU and the future of the bloc in Central Europe

A mix of criticism and concerns is mounting in Central Europe against the two-speed Europe project.

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Poland rips up school system in rapid reform

Changes made in 1999 are being reversed as the government closes 'unequal' junior high schools.

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EU gives Poland ultimatum over judicial reform

Warsaw risks punishment over plans which Brussels say undermine judicial independence

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Polish President Andrzej Duda says he will veto controversial top court reform bill

Polish president caves in to people pressure over controversial Supreme Court bill

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Poland's lower house passes controversial judiciary reform bill

Poland's lower house has just passed a bill allowing the government to replace Supreme Court judges. The opposition says the law would erode the independence of the judiciary and undermine democracy as a whole.

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Brief from Brussels

Possible sanctions on Poland, debate and protest over weedkillers, and an update on Brexit negotiations

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European Commission to decide on sanctions over Poland's rule of law violations

A new law in Poland threatens the independence of the Supreme Court.

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Brief from Brussels: Commission looks again at Polish law changes

Polish rule of law under the microscope The European Commission is once again examining the rule of law in Poland.

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Thousands protest in Poland against government judicial changes

In major cities across Poland protesters condemn judicial changes which they say will kill judges' independence

My Europe Series

Divisions of Poland's new defence strategy

Since Russia's annexation of Crimea and the subsequent fighting in Eastern Ukraine, neighbouring Poland has become nervous.

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Euroviews. EU needs to stop hoping and start acting to protect democracy in Poland: View

My Europe Series

The EU at 60 and the bloc's love, hate story

The European Union is turning 60.

My Europe Series

The EU and Poland is the 'marriage' heading for the divorce courts

Thousands of Polish women have protested against the politics of the populist right-wing government in Warsaw.

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Students in Poland hold anti-govenment protest

Hundreds of students in Warsaw and other Polish cities have taken part in marches against the country’s populist government.

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Will postponing parliament end Poland's political standoff?

Poland's governing party is ready to postpone the start of a new parliamentary session if the opposition ends its nearly month-long occupation of the plenary hall.