Tag: PiS
Kaczyński announces the takeover of the courts after the elections. He threatens: ‘No one will stop us’
The Law and Justice (PiS) party chairman promised a final crackdown on the courts at an election rally. In practice, this will mean liquidating the current courts, removing independent judges from them and appointing ‘their own.’ If PiS wins the elections and does this, it will result in a major clash with the EU.
Under the rule of PiS, Poland could become the last bastion of right-wing populism in the EU
This year will be crucial for Poland’s place in the EU. The most important decisions will be made in Warsaw. They will determine the parameters of not only Poland’s policy in the EU, but also its national policy for a long time. The dispute over integration will become its inseparable dimension.
PiS rejects the candidate for the Ombudsman supported by 700 civic organisations
PiS deputies did not even hear out the social candidate for the office of Ombudsman Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz. Even so, they gave her a negative opinion at the parliamentary committee meeting. PiS wants to take over the office of Ombudsman with the help of the Constitutional Tribunal.
Adamant objection to the bill introducing voting by post in the next presidential election in Poland
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights expresses its adamant objection to the bill presented by a group of MPs introducing voting by post in the general election to the office of President of the Republic of Poland in 2020.
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12.09.2023
PiS Threatens to Take Over Courts, Liquidate Supreme Court, and Challenge CJEU
29.08.2023
Kaczyński announces the takeover of the courts after the elections. He threatens: ‘No one will stop us’
25.08.2023
Prosecution of Bydgoszcz judges by Radzik. The president will not intervene. ‘Premature and unauthorised’
25.08.2023
Extraordinary meeting of the new National Council for Judiciary. ‘A tribute of surrender’.
25.08.2023
PiS spy law has been passed. ‘An open door for striking at journalists and not only’
09.08.2023