Their parties were both in the conservative European People’s Party in the European Parliament, both had cut their teeth in the anti-communist opposition in the late 1980s, and both had often encountered each other as they rose through the ranks in their respective countries. “Being in the same EU party and sharing a passion for … Read more
The issue has become a major point of contention between the new government and PiS. Tusk has long promised to hold PiS accountable for what he said was their “eight corrupt years” in power. One of the most striking examples was the accusation that the State Forests — a body that owns most of the country’s forests and … Read more
We in Poland are also beginning to be impacted by all this, and the examples are multiplying. For example, the GE Power subsidiary has decided to close its foundry in Elbląg, Poland and will cease operations by 2025. All this calls into question the viability of the welfare state model. Europeans remember well the heavy … Read more
Poland’s former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki from the conservative PiS party in the ECR has also left the door open to a big tie-up on the right, and there is wide speculation that Hungary’s Viktor Orbán will affiliate his Fidesz party there after the election. All of these mergers and reconfigurations are complex and vulnerable … Read more
Several members of ID, including Vlaams Belang MEP Gerolf Annemans and far-right German MEP Maximilian Krah, attended the event in the European Parliament, hosted by the ECR. The conference demonstrated that the parties share much common ground when it comes to attacking the EU’s new migration deal, bashing bureaucrats, and pillorying the Green Deal as … Read more
“We will be respected in all the capitals of the world if we believe that the European Union can be a power not only of civilization, economy, and science, but also a military power,” Tusk said in a joint conference with Scholz. “History has turned out to be extremely cruel and surprising. A few years … Read more
Polish President Andrzej Duda said Thursday that he would pardon two members of parliament facing two years in prison for abuse of power — a significant retreat on his earlier position that a pardon he issued in 2015 was enough to spare them from jail. He said he made the decision after meeting with the … Read more
Well, here we are folks, at the end of another turbulent year. When we put this list together at the end of 2022, its contents largely covered something many of us thought we would not see again in our lifetime: a major war in Europe. Now, we are grappling with two wars in our immediate … Read more
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