The leader of Law and Justice (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński has built his strength with effectiveness and authoritarianism, according to his opponents. However, a unified Civic Platform (PO) and Modern (N) opposition is leading PiS 32% to 29% in a recent poll, for the the first time since 2015. For many voters, strength is sexy in […]
Civic Platform (PO) has prepared a draft act which provides that the future heads of political offices at the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have to meet specific criteria. These would include having a higher education, at least seven years’ work experience, […]
In the recent parliamentary elections, one surname was more popular with voters than any other. Candidates who share a surname with the President are particularly sought after. There are now three new MPs and one senator by the name of Duda. Interestingly enough, there was not a single MP called Duda in the previous parliament. Back then, the […]
In Poznań, two candidates with the same name are running for the mayor’s office. The electoral commission received two applications for the registration of an electoral committee with the name ‘Grobelny’ in it. First, on 29 August, the current mayor of Poznań registered his Ryszard Grobelny’s Time for Wielkopolska committee (Teraz Wielkopolska Ryszarda Grobelnego); however, […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Radosław Sikorski has recently boasted about his firearm license being renewed. According to police statistics, he is one of only 21,000 Poles who can legally carry firearms for self-defence. Polish law in this regard is one of the most restrictive in Europe. Not only do applicants need to prove they are in […]
Law and Justice (PiS) did not win the last elections to the European Parliament, but according to a recent survey, Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s party recorded the greatest increase in support and also came in first place in the survey, unlike ruling Civic Platform (PO), according to Rzeczpospolita. Your Movement (TR) would not manage to win any seats in parliament. According to the survey, 30% of respondents supports […]
According to Gazeta Wyborcza, during the first month of the campaign for the elections to the European parliament, Law and Justice (PiS) spent PLN 1.2m, Civic Platform (PO) spent PLN 0.5m and the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) spent PLN 250,000 on their respective campaigns. Political parties which may have representation in all districts is allowed […]
The Solidarity trade union would like to see a new law introduced that prohibits all kinds of trading after noon on Sunday. “I support it,” says Civic Platform (PO) senator Jan Rulewski; “I support it,” echoes Law and Justice (PiS) MP Stanisław Szwed, who has already forced through a bill that prohibits trade on major […]
“Over 30 out of 270 MPs of my political club [within Civic Platform (PO)] have shares or are members of supervisory boards or boards of directors of State Treasury-run companies,” claimed MP Zbigniew Chlebowski on TVN24. The club’s leader has compiled a list comprising MP-businesspeople in order for there not to be another ‘senator Misiak […]
Civic Platform (PO) leader, Donald Tusk, has cancelled a meeting of all party leaders that was supposed to take place on Wednesday. The reason given is that the leaders of Law and Justice (PiS) and the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) decided to leave Warsaw then. Sławomir Nowak, the PM’s cabinet head, said it had already […]
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