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EXPLAINED: Law and justice party - The Real Truth

Poland's judiciary was a tool of its government. New leaders are trying to undo that

Poland's far-right Law and Justice party spent eight years stacking the courts with allies, destroying the judiciary's independence. The new government is finding it's tough to undo the damage.

WEKU

Oliver Hartwich: Reclaiming democracy in Poland

Poland’s opposition also won the election, even though it is taking a long time to change the government. But that change, when it finally happens, will be a change for the better, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich

Newsroom.co.nz

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.

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'Poland is back in the European Union': Polish former Europe minister

In this edition we focus on Poland, where opposition parties have won enough seats in the parliamentary election to oust the ruling conservative Law and Justice party after eight years in power. To analyse this major shift and what it means for Poland's place in the EU, we speak to…

France 24

Democracy hangs in the balance as Poles go to the polls in decisive election

The one thing almost everyone in Poland seems to agree on is that Sunday's elections are the most important the country has held since 1989 and the fall of communism. And they're on a knife-edge. The ruling nationalist Law and Justice party, known by its Polish acronym PiS, is aiming…

France 24

The Guardian view on Poland’s election: democracy on the line

Editorial: Victory and a third term for the radical right Law and Justice party would give it the chance to complete an illiberal takeover of the state

The Guardian - UK

Poland's new Russian influence law gets flak as an attack on democracy

Critics of the law, including in Washington and the European Union, warn that Poland's right-wing populist leaders could use the law to block candidates ahead of elections later this year.

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Poland to ramp up child benefit payments from 2024

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.

Reuters

The fox in the chicken coop: how the far right is playing the European Parliament

Several countries in the European Union are currently governed by far-right political parties. In Hungary, Fidesz under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been progressively dismantling the country’s constitutional protections of the rule of law and democratic institutions. Poland under its ruling Law and Justice party has shown equally worrying trends.…

The Conversation

Polish panel: Russia behind Polish leader's plane crash

A Polish government special commission has reinforced its previous allegations that the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Russia was the result of Moscow's assassination plan

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