The Constitutional Tribunal led by Julia Przyłębska has ruled that a provision allowing the Commissioner for Human Rights to remain in office after the end of his term is unconstitutional. The verdict effectively removes Adam Bodnar from the office, and no successor has yet been appointed. The Tribunal (TK) was asked by a group of...
Poland’s ratification of legislation essential to the European Union’s COVID-19 recovery fund was in doubt on Wednesday, as the largest opposition party said it would not support it without safeguards over how the money would be spent. With the ruling coalition split over the recovery fund, opposition votes will be crucial if Poland is to...
The suspension of the merger between PKN Orlen and Lotos was demanded by MPs Agnieszka Pomaska, Tadeusz Aziewicz and MEP Janusz Lewandowski during the conference on Monday (8 March). Agnieszka Pomaska, Tadeusz Aziewicz and Janusz Lewandowski organized a press conference in front of the Lotos headquarters in Gdańsk. Opposition representatives demanded the suspension of the...
On Thursday, February 18, 2021, Civic Platform presented its position on safe motherhood – „Women’s Rights Package”. During the press conference, PO leader Borys Budka said that the party rejected all extremes, i.e. unlimited access to abortion and its absolute ban. Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, who headed the team that was to work out a party position,...
Pomeranian Parliamentary Group has been officially appointed on 22nd of January. The goal of newly established Parliamentary Group is to look after best interest of Pomeranian residents. Agnieszka Pomaska took up the function of Chairwoman in the Group. In the presidium of the Group there also included: Marek Rutka (from Lewica), Michał Urbaniak (from Konfederacja) and senator...
Local governments headed by members of the ruling Law and Justice party received much more money under the Covid-19 financial support program than cities governed by the opposition. The decision was made by a committee packed with party loyalists who distributed the PLN 6 billion arbitrarily and without any written justification. The governmental Local Investment...
Igor Tuleya, a Warsaw judge persecuted by the ruling camp for his refusal to toe the party line, was suspended from the bench on Wednesday. His last action consisted of sending a preliminary question to the Court of Justice of the EU concerning the legality of the decision of the Disciplinary Chamber that stripped him...
On November 11, the National Independence Day, MP Agnieszka Pomaska, together with her associate Agata Czyżewska, laid flowers at the Józef Piłsudski Monument in Gdańsk. A moment later, she published an entry on her Facebook profile: „This year I will not meet you during the joyful Independence Parade in Gdańsk, but I hope you will...
The Board of the Civic Platform appointed on Thursday five deputy secretaries general, as well as working groups, including a team for the preparation of a new ideological declaration. For deputies of the secretary general of the Civic Platform: Paweł Olszewski, Michał Gramatyka, Monika Wielichowska, Jarosław Urbaniak and Jan Harhaj were appointed. New ideological declaration...
– LGBT+ people exist, I’m not denying that- the Polish Children’s Ombudsman, Mikołaj Pawlak, announced in an interview with TVN24. Yet, just a few moments later, he denounced sexual minorities as an „idea” that is incompatible with „a traditionally understood Polish patriotism”. – I can agree that LGBT+ people exist. They do. There is an...
