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Poland set to get more than 5 billion euros in EU money after commission approves recovery plan

Poland is expected to receive more than 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in EU funds after the European Commission gave a positive assessment of the country’s revised plan for green reforms and investments

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Art, law, history and TV: Tusk’s plan to remake Polish life after rightwing rule

Nationalist PiS party is soon likely to be out of office but freeing country’s institutions from its cultural grip will take time

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2023

Poland’s nationalist ‘Independence March’ draws thousands in Warsaw

Dubbed as the ‘largest patriotic demonstration in Europe’, it was overshadowed by far-right’s recent electoral defeat.

Al Jazeera · Nov 11, 2023

Balancing act: On the parliamentary election in Poland

The Civic Coalition with potential coalition partners has a chance at government formation in Poland, and could face a tough balancing act across the spheres of economy, politics and foreign policy

The Hindu · Oct 25, 2023

Robert Fico formally appointed as Slovakia’s prime minister – as it happened

Slovakia’s president, Zuzana Čaputová, officially announces the leader of the populist Smer party as PM

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2023

Polish opposition alliance says it is ready to take power with Tusk as PM

Parties urge president not to delay process by giving nationalist PiS a chance to try to form government

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Poland is back in Europe’s mainstream – and that could secure the EU’s future

Europe’s turn to the right now looks reversible, while Donald Tusk’s victory leaves Viktor Orbán politically isolated, says political scientist and author Ivan Krastev

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

There Is No Going Back to Pre-Populist Poland

Many expectations for the new government are wishful thinking or just plain wrong.

Foreign Policy · Oct 22, 2023

Thank you, Poland, for showing faith in EU values under threat from the authoritarian right

At least one good thing came out of the disaster of Brexit – it is serving as a bulwark against populism in Europe

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2023

As Europe applauds Poland's election results, civil rights groups prepare to fight

LGBTQ+ and abortion rights advocates are thrilled Poland's ruling, right-wing Law and Justice party is unlikely to form Poland's next government. But they are skeptical of the commitment of who will.

WEKU · Oct 21, 2023