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Poland divided on historic day
Thousands of Poles took to the streets on Tuesday to mark the 35th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the former communist regime â in a vivid demonstration of all that divides...
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Protesters block Polish parliament
WARSAW â Polandâs long-running political crisis took a dramatic turn late Friday in Warsaw, with the action playing out live on television screens in prime time. Anti-government demonstratorsÂ...
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Lech Wałęsa: Throw Poland out of the EU
GDAÅSK, Poland â Lech WaÅÄsa sits at his desk, peering at his computer screen and poking at the keyboard, before getting up heavily to settle in a worn armchair, his stomach straining at his...
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Polish PM denounces opposition ‘wave of hate’
Polandâs government on Monday showed no sign of backing down over a controversial budget vote that has sparked a growing political and constitutional crisis. Hundreds of anti-government protesters...
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Polish president tells opposition, Brussels to back off
WARSAW â As opposition protesters and MPs continued to lay siege to Poland’s parliament, the highest court was paralyzed by internecine war and the European Commission accused the country of...
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Polish opposition leader hit by cash conflict
The head of Polandâs anti-government protest movement admitted Thursday to using the organization’s funds to pay his IT business, handing the ruling party an easy line of attack against one of...
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The man who would be Tusk
By most measures, Jacek Saryusz-Wolskiâs insurgent bid to unseat European Council President Donald Tusk would seem a bizarre political moonshot: a virtually unknown Polish Member of the European...
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Warsaw sours on EU after Donald Tusk debacle
WARSAW â Polandâs failed attempt to block a second term for European Council President Donald Tusk has sent the countryâs right-wing government in a sharply Euroskeptic direction. In an...
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Failed bid to destroy Tusk gives Polish opposition their mojo back
WARSAW â The godfather of Polish politics’ bid to destroy the career of his hated rival Donald Tusk didn’t just fail â it turned Tusk into the main political threat to Poland’s right-wing...
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Macron sparks Polish-French war of words
WARSAW â Critical comments about Poland by Emmanuel Macron, the favorite to be next president of France, prompted a furious reaction from Warsaw on Friday â further souring already tense relations...
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Why Poland doesn’t want refugees
WARSAW â The right-wing Polish government is under pressure from the EU to finally begin accepting asylum seekers. But itâs the countryâs leading opposition party thatâs paying the political...
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Tusk slams Polish PM for Auschwitz comments
European Council President Donald Tusk admonished Polish Prime Minister Beata SzydÅo on Wednesday for using the Holocaust to defend her governmentâs anti-immigration stance. SzydÅo earlier on...
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Polish president bucks ruling party over judicial reforms
In a rare display of political defiance, Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday bucked his political patron JarosÅaw KaczyÅski by moving to slow an effort to bring the judiciary under...
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Brussels warns Poland over judicial reforms
The European Commission threatened Wednesday to launch a sanction procedure against Poland, putting Warsaw on a path that could ultimately see it stripped of its EU voting rights. The warning was a...
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Protests in Warsaw as government moves on courts
WARSAW â Bogdan Klich looked on as hundreds of protesters confronted a long line of impassive police officers ringing the Polish parliament. It was early Friday morning, not long after midnight, and...
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Macron tries to isolate Poland in French regional offensive
Emmanuel Macron isnât going to Warsaw or meeting with Polish officials during this weekâs trip to Central Europe, but Poland is a key part of why the French president is on the road. As an...
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The man who would be Tusk
By most measures, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski’s insurgent bid to unseat European Council President Donald Tusk would seem a bizarre political moonshot: a virtually unknown Polish Member of the European...
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Warsaw sours on EU after Donald Tusk debacle
WARSAW — Poland’s failed attempt to block a second term for European Council President Donald Tusk has sent the country’s right-wing government in a sharply Euroskeptic direction. In an unprecedented...
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Failed bid to destroy Tusk gives Polish opposition their mojo back
WARSAW — The godfather of Polish politics’ bid to destroy the career of his hated rival Donald Tusk didn’t just fail — it turned Tusk into the main political threat to Poland’s right-wing government....
View ArticleMacron sparks Polish-French war of words
WARSAW — Critical comments about Poland by Emmanuel Macron, the favorite to be next president of France, prompted a furious reaction from Warsaw on Friday — further souring already tense relations...
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