ECJ tells PiS to stop logging
The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ) has warned Poland that it will face penalties of at least €100,000 per…
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EU hit with PiS fury
Poland has lashed out at the European Parliament’s concerns that the nationalist administration has undermined judicial independence and risks breaching…
Nationalist Poles demand German cash
Demanding reparations from Germany for its actions in Poland during the Second World War is a matter of honour, announced…
Duda scraps legal reform
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has abandoned his bid to amend the constitution to give him power over the judiciary, amid…
EU alarmed at Polish gender moves
The European Commission has said that reintroducing a different retirement age for the genders in Poland could violate equality rules. …
Poland ignores EU over logging
Poland will continue logging in the ancient forest of Bialowieza despite an order from the EU’s top court to halt…
Duda takes PiS on with veto
Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda (pictured), is legally non-partisan but was backed by the Law and Justice (PiS) government during his…
Orban promises to stand by Poland
Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has vowed to defend Poland from EU sanctions over its attempts to purge the…
EU tells Poland to rethink judicial changes
The European Commission has given Poland a week to halt judicial changes it says will put the courts under direct…
Poles protest against legal changes
Thousands of protesters have gathered outside Poland’s parliament to demonstrate against a draft law that would allow the government to…
Tusk grilled by Polish prosecutors
European Council President Donald Tusk (pictured with Barack Obama) has spent more than eight hours being questioned by Polish prosecutors…