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☆ Why are far-right parties on the march across Europe?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Far-right parties are propping up coalitions in Finland and Sweden. Afraid of losing voters to UKIP (and other far-right parties), the governing Conservatives ended up adopting many of its positions. Chesnot/Getty Images Europe/Getty ImagesConversely, far-right parties have attempted to sanitize some of their rhetoric, hoping to appear a more credible electoral prospect. Leon Neal/Getty ImagesA different type of populismAnd so the recent successes of far-right parties cannot be explained by dramatic shifts in public opinion. A lot depends on the ability of mainstream parties – particularly on the left – to build tents big enough to accommodate their differences, rather than compromising with far-right parties to prop up their coalitions.

Persons: Donald Trump, –, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel’s, Mario Draghi, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Viktor Orban, Andrej Babis, Czech Michael Bloomberg, Czech Donald Trump, Meloni, Mussolini, Nigel Farage, Jack Taylor, Farage, Jean, Marie Le Pen, Marine, Lionel Jospin, Jacques Chirac, Petteri Orpo, Sanna Marin, Vilhelm Junnila, Ulif Kristersson, Mark Rutte’s, Pen, Chesnot, Philippe Marlier, ” Le, Matteo Salvini, Vladimir Putin, Tino Chrupalla, Alice Weidel, Thomas Lohnes, Omer Messinger, Larry Bartels, Boris Johnson, Leon Neal, Giorgia Meloni, Odd Andersen, Orban, Kaczynski, Rutte’s, Pedro Sanchez Organizations: CNN, White, Channel, European Central Bank, Italy’s, Vox, UK Independence Party, UKIP, European Union, EU, Conservatives, National, Socialist, Socialists, Finns Party, Swedish, Sweden Democrats, Rassemblement National, University College London, Lega, Ukraine, Russia, Former British, Italy's, NATO, Getty, Spain’s Locations: United Kingdom, United States, Europe, Brussels, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Czech, France, Finland, Sweden, Austria, European, Netherlands, Russian, Oxfordshire, Vilnius

☆ Poland's Kaczynski rejoins government ahead of tough election
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WARSAW, June 21 (Reuters) - Poland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski returned to the cabinet as deputy prime minister on Wednesday, taking up a more prominent role ahead of a closely fought election expected in October or November. The other deputy prime ministers resigned and will continue as ministers. Kaczynski previously served as deputy prime minister from October 2020 till June 2022, and also headed Poland's security committee. Although PiS is ahead in most opinion polls, a question mark remains over whether it can secure a parliamentary majority. Divisons in the ruling coalition have also re-emerged over Poland's relations with Brussels, after the EU withheld funding over rule of law concerns.

Persons: Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Kaczynski, Andrzej Duda, PiS, Pawel Florkiewicz, Karol Badohal, Alan Charlish, Gareth Jones, Emma Rumney Organizations: WARSAW, Law, Justice, European Union, PiS, Thomson Locations: Republic, Warsaw, Brussels

☆ Polish LGBTQ crowds march to demand equal rights as election looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/8] People take selfie on the day of an annual LGBT Equality Parade in Warsaw, Poland June 17, 2023. With an election in October or November looking tight, activists expect PiS to use issues like gay marriage or teaching about LGBTQ issues in schools to mobilise socially conservative voters. It also says that teaching about LGBTQ issues in schools results in children being sexualised. "We want to celebrate but also fight for more rights [for the LGBTQ community] in Poland," Gora told Reuters. While thousands celebrated marching to the sounds of music, a group of anti-LGBTQ activists from the Foundation for Life and Family burned rainbow flags, the symbol of the LGBTQ community.

Persons: Alicja Herda, PiS, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Rafal Trzaskowski, Krzysztof Gora, Gora, Sabrina, Agnieszka Pikulicka, Alan Charlish, Nick Macfie, Mike Harrison Organizations: Equality Parade, REUTERS, Law and Justice, Warsaw, Reuters, Foundation for Life, Thomson Locations: Warsaw, Poland, WARSAW, Europe, London

☆ Polish LGBTQ march seeks to show strength as election looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/8] People take selfie on the day of an annual LGBT Equality Parade in Warsaw, Poland June 17, 2023. It also says that teaching about LGBTQ issues in schools results in children being sexualised. This view, which is regularly featured in state-run media, strikes a chord with many voters in the predominantly Catholic country. For Herda, the fears some conservatives have regarding LGBTQ rights are unfounded. In her view, education about LGBTQ issues is beneficial.

Persons: Poland's, Alicja Herda, PiS, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Alan Charlish, Nick Macfie Organizations: Equality Parade, REUTERS, Law and Justice, Thomson Locations: Warsaw, Poland, WARSAW

Abortion rights activists have said that there were at least five cases of pregnant women dying whose families came out to the media, blaming the restrictions on abortion for their deaths. Last month, Dorota died of septic shock in a hospital after her water broke in the 20th week of pregnancy. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party leader said that by law women could have abortions if there was any threat to their life or health. "I hope the law will change and I will not be afraid to get pregnant in Poland," said Joanna Jędrasiak, 36, an economist. Reporting by Karol Badohal, Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mateusz Morawiecki, Dorota, We've, Izabela, Agnieszka Czerederecka, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, It's, IBRiS, Joanna Jędrasiak, Karol Badohal, Agnieszka Pikulicka, Anna Wlodarczak, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Justice, Radio, Thomson Locations: Europe, Warsaw, Poland, WARSAW

The United States should take note. After praising Poland as one of the United States’ “great allies,” Mr. Biden stressed the importance of defending freedom and democracy. The party’s newly burnished international image as steadfast friend to Ukraine only helps to entrench such support. The United States, for one, exerts considerable influence in Poland. What’s more, Washington could make financial assistance — last year, the United States invested $288.6 million in Poland’s military — conditional on compliance with democratic standards and the rule of law.

Persons: genuflection, Donald Tusk, Biden, United States ’ “, ” Mr, What’s, — Organizations: Nazi, Soviet, Poland, United, Law, Justice, hasn’t Locations: —, Ukraine, Poland, Finland, Baltic States, Romania, United States, Warsaw, India, Turkey, Rwanda, Russia, China, Washington

☆ Poland's opposition brings thousands onto streets to protest against nationalist government
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Crowds stretching for at least a mile marched with banners reading “Free, European Poland,” “European Union yes, PiS no,” referring to the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party. People march on the 34th anniversary of the first democratic elections in postwar Poland, in Warsaw on June 4, 2023. On Sunday, hundreds of buses arrived in Warsaw to bring opposition supporters from across the country. The opposition sees the legislation as a government attempt to launch a witch hunt against political opponents. “It’s beyond comprehension,” said Andrzej Majewski, 48, from Slupca in western Poland who was in Warsaw to join Sunday’s protest march

Persons: ”, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, I’ve, Jacek Gwozdz, Mateusz Morawiecki’s, Slawomir Kaminski, Agencja Wyborcza.pl, Donald Tusk, “, Tusk, I’m, Andrzej Duda, Andrzej Majewski Organizations: Justice, Police, Kremlin, European Union council, “, Solidarity, European Commission Locations: Warsaw, European Poland, “, Nowy Sacz, Ukraine, Europe, Poland, it’s, United States, Slupca

☆ Polish opposition supporters mark 1989 Solidarity win
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/8] People carry Polish and European Union flags as they take part in a march on the 34th anniversary of the first democratic elections in postwar Poland, in Warsaw, Poland, June 4, 2023. Crowds stretching for at least a mile marched with banners reading "Free, European Poland", "European Union yes, PiS no", referring to the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party. Donald Tusk, head of the Civic Platform grouping and a former European Union council chief, welcomed supporters saying that the voice of Poles could not be silenced. On Sunday, hundreds of buses arrived in Warsaw to bring opposition supporters from across the country. The opposition sees the legislation as a government attempt to launch a witchhunt against political opponents.

Persons: Jaroslaw Kaczynski, I've, Jacek Gwozdz, Mateusz Morawiecki's, Donald Tusk, Tusk, I'm, Andrzej Duda, Andrzej Majewski, Marek Strzelecki, Nick Macfie, Susan Fenton, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, Justice, Police, Law and Justice, Kremlin, European Union council, Solidarity, European Commission, Thomson Locations: Poland, Warsaw, WARSAW, Nowy Sacz, Ukraine, Europe, it's, United States, Slupca

Geoff Gottlieb, the IMF's Senior Regional Representative for Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, warned of the potential for fiscal policy to fuel inflation and so force monetary policy to remain tighter for longer. "We think Polish fiscal policy can do more to help reduce inflation," he said in an interview. "A new fiscal impetus would likely add to inflationary pressures and could also necessitate additional monetary policy tightening." "Our recommendation is for the (Monetary Policy Council) to resume monetary policy tightening if key indicators - core inflation momentum, wage growth, and the economy - fail to slow as projected," he said, urging the MPC to make clear that talk of cuts was premature. The European Commission projects Poland's average inflation rate at 6% next year, the highest in the European Union, retreating from nearly twice that level expected this year.

☆ Poland to ramp up child benefit payments from 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WARSAW, May 14 (Reuters) - The Polish government will increase monthly child benefit payments to 800 zlotys ($193.13) per child from 500 zlotys from the start of 2024, the leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said on Sunday. The family support program called "Family 500 plus" is a flagship project of the Law and Justice party (PiS), which was introduced in 2016. "... from the new year, 500 plus will be 800 plus," Kaczynski told a convention before parliamentary elections due this autumn. Child benefit payments currently cost the state budget over 40 billion zlotys a year. The next election convention of the Law and Justice party is to be held in June.

☆ Polish government bans grain and food imports from Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Pavlo PalamarchukWARSAW, April 15 (Reuters) - The Polish government has decided to ban imports of grain and other food from Ukraine to protect the Polish agricultural sector, the leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), Jaroslaw Kaczyński, said on Saturday. "Today, the government has decided on a regulation that prohibits the entry, importation of grain into Poland, but also dozens of other types of food (from Ukraine)," Kaczyński said during the PiS party convention. The list of these goods will be included in the government regulation, and there are goods "from grain to honey products, very, very many things," he added. But it is the duty of every state, every authority, good authority in any case, to protect the interests of its citizens," Kaczyński said. Kaczyński said Poland was ready to start talks with Ukraine to settle the grain issue and the Ukrainian side had already been notified of the decisions of the Polish government.

☆ Exploding grenade launcher a gift from Ukraine, Polish police chief says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WARSAW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Poland's top policeman said that an explosion in his office was caused by a grenade launcher, telling private broadcaster RMF FM that he had received two of the weapons as a gift from Ukraine. Poland's interior ministry and prosecutor's office had not previously confirmed media reports that the explosion on Wednesday, at police headquarters in Warsaw, was caused by a grenade launcher. Prosecutors said they were investigating the blast, which resulted in Police Commander in Chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk being taken to hospital. "When I was moving the used grenade launchers, which were gifts from the Ukrainians, there was an explosion," Szymczyk told RMF FM. RMF cited a source from a Polish delegation that visited Ukraine as saying Szymczyk had received two launchers from officials as presents during visits to the police and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

☆ Polish ruling party boss says judicial reform may be 'destructive'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WARSAW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A draft law aimed at unlocking billions of euros in frozen EU funding could be "extremely destructive", Poland's ruling party leader was quoted as saying on Saturday, casting further doubt on the legislation's future. But after President Andrzej Duda struck a cautious tone about the bill, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party said it would be taken off the agenda of a parliamentary sitting on Thursday, leaving the reform proposals in limbo. The bill has split the ruling camp, with United Poland, a junior partner in government, saying it will vote against it on the grounds that it damages Poland's sovereignty. Under the new bill, judges would not face disciplinary action for questioning the independence of colleagues appointed by state bodies that critics say are politicised. United Poland says that could cause chaos by allowing a large number of verdicts to be called into question.

☆ Polish PM and ruling party boss send mixed signals on court reform
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

However, on Saturday ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, widely seen as Poland's de facto ruler, was quoted as saying the bill containing the amendments could be "extremely destructive". "The dispute with the European Commission must be ended, because the real conflict is taking place east of Poland today," Morawiecki wrote in a Facebook post. The comments by PiS leader Kaczynski added to uncertainty over the bill's passage. Judges would also not face disciplinary action for questioning the independence of colleagues appointed by organs that critics say are politicised. ($1 = 0.9450 euros)Reporting by Alan Charlish; Editing by Helen Popper and David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Lignite contains several times more sulphur and ash, and five times more mercury, than black coal, and provides three times less energy. It also loosened restrictions on selling coal waste, which can be highly polluting, taking Poland back to the days before 2018, when the rules for coal were tightened to fight smog. In September, PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski even told residents of Nowy Targ, the town with the lowest air quality in Poland in 2020, to burn pretty much whatever they wanted. Smog has been intense over the past days and we have a lot of children in need of intensive treatment," she said. COAL RUSHAbout 80% of the coal used by European Union citizens to heat homes is burned in Poland.

☆ DeepL, a hot AI translation startup pioneered by a former Googler, is closing in on a round above $100 million led by Netflix-backer IVP near a $1 billion valuation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Translation startup DeepL is closing in on a new funding round led by US giant IVP, sources say. DeepL previously sold a portion of its business to US investor Benchmark. Like Google Translate, DeepL offers a free translation service powered by artificial intelligence. A small test run by Insider indicates that DeepL is, at least in some cases, more intuitive than Google. DeepL previously sold a 13.6% portion of its business to US fund Benchmark and Btov Partners in 2018, according to reporting by Slator.

☆ Polonia acuză Rusia de un atac cibernetic de mare anvergură. Mai mulți responsabili de rang înalt, ținta atacului
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Polonia acuză Rusia de un atac cibernetic de mare anvergură. Potrivit liderului partidului aflat la putere la Varșovia, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, mai mulți responsabili de rang înalt au fost ținta atacului. Site-urile mai multor instituții, precum și mailurile unor deputați și miniștri au fost sparte, spune Kaczynski. Moscova încă nu a reacționat la acuzațiile Varșoviei. Relațiile dintre Rusia și Polonia sunt tot mai tensionate în ultima perioadă, mai ales în contextul războiului din estul Ucrainei și sprijinului acordat de Kremlin președintelui belarus Aleksandr Lukașenko.

Persons: Aleksandr Lukașenko Locations: Polonia, Rusia, Varșovia, Jaroslaw, Moscova, polonez, Ucrainei, Kremlin

☆ Germania a ajuns la un compromis cu Polonia şi Ungaria pentru a debloca bugetul UE
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Acest acord ar pune capăt unei dispute în care Polonia și Ungaria au ameninţat că vor bloca atât ajutorul de pandemie, în valoare totală de 750 miliarde euro, cât şi bugetul UE pentru perioada 2021-2027, pentru că Bruxelles-ul vrea să condiţioneze accesul la fondurile europene de respectarea statului de drept. Vicepremierul polonez Jaroslaw Gowin a spus că s-a ajuns la un acord cu Germania, care deţine preşedinţia rotativă a Uniunii Europene, iar acest acord ar trebui prezentat acum în faţa celorlalte state membre. Acordul ar putea fi parafat până vineri, când se încheie un summit al liderilor europeni la Bruxelles. Cred că acest acord va cuprinde şi celelalte 24 de capitale europene”, a spus Gowin. Acordul a fost confirmat şi de doi oficiali din Ungaria care au fost contactaţi de publicaţia americană, în timp ce o sursă din Uniunea Europeană a spus că se aşteaptă o confirmare finală pe acest acord.

Persons: Gowin Organizations: UE, Uniunii Europene, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Polonia, Ungaria, Bruxelles, Germania, Varşovia, Budapesta, Berlin, americană

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