Tag: Mateusz Morawiecki
European law and affairs experts from Poland call PM Morawiecki to change Poland’s position on the EU budget veto
Sticking firmly to the adopted tactics and casting a veto to the EU budget and Recovery Fund would also imply Poland’s creeping departure from the Union, up to an implicit Polexit. That scenario is disapproved by over 80% of Polish citizens! Mr. Prime Minister! We call on the Government to change their position in this regard.
Why Hungary and Poland Block the EU Budget Deal
The Hungarian and Polish governments are united in defending their autocratizing political models, whatever it takes politically. However, there is also a significant difference between Poland and Hungary. While Poland is largely free from large-scale, systemic corruption plaguing EU funds, the Hungarian regime’s political-economic model is based on state-led, centralized corruption structures and the deliberate misuse of EU funds.
The United Right’s plan: Take over the media, courts, schools and colleges. Goal: total power
The day after the presidential election, you could hear announcements from the government camp that its national-Catholic revolution will be completed. In the first wave, there will be a reckoning with the free media, and the courts will have their final takeover. The government could also take control of schools and universities
Poland’s government is undermining the rule of law
Last month, the new Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki pushed two bills through parliament that gave his government and his party increased control over Poland’s courts. Just before the laws were signed by Polish President Andrzej Duda on Dec. 20, Morawiecki chose to address the American people and defend this decision in the pages of the Washington Examiner.
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21.01.2021
The Constitutional Tribunal has gone on holiday. In 2019, it handed down the fewest judgements in 20 years
20.01.2021
How should the new European Court of Human Rights judge from Poland be? Lech Garlicki explains
14.01.2021
Will the convicted supervise the judges in Poland?
14.01.2021
A German court refuses to extradite a German citizen to Poland, because of the state of the Polish judicial system
30.12.2020
Report: Rule of Law in Poland 2020: How to contain the Crisis and reform the Justice System?
29.12.2020