Robert Biedroń, the former mayor of Słupsk and Poland’s first openly gay politician, has launched a progressive, pro-EU party, called Wiosna (Spring), which aims to...
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Poland’s most popular and charismatic left-wing politician’s new initiative has a good chance of achieving short-term success in this year’s elections. But the grouping...
The mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz has passed away in hospital following a brutal stabbing attack on the evening of January 13. Mr Adamowicz was speaking in front of...
The right-wing ruling party’s strategy is based on claiming to offer socio-economic stability and prosperity while downplaying controversial issues to avoid mobilising...
Former Polish foreign and defence minister Radosław Sikorski, husband of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Applebaum, speaks to Emerging Europe about his new book, the...
The liberal-centrist opposition mobilised its core supporters in urban areas winning high profile mayoral races, but the right-wing ruling party won the more politically...
Poland’s ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS), appears to have emerged from the first round of voting in local elections on October 21 with a share of the vote well...
The autumn local elections will be an important test of popularity for Poland’s government and opposition parties. Although it is riding high in the polls, they could be...
Polish President Andrzej Duda launched a fierce attack against the European Union on September 11, as he spoke at a meeting of residents of Leżajsk, in Podkarpackie...
When I said in my interviews two years ago that the Law and Justice party (PiS) was a threat to democracy, many journalists took the position of symmetry and, in a...
The conflict between Poland and the EU intensified on August 27 after deputy prime minister Jarosław Gowin (pictured above) stated that Poland intended to ignore the...
Andrzej Duda, Poland’s president, has for the fourth time since taking office used his power of veto. This time he has refused to sign into law changes to the way in...
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has altered the leadership of several state-controlled companies, damaging share prices. So far this year, the CEOs of nine...