Touted as a revolutionary programme to reduce taxes for a majority of Poles, the so-called Polish Deal has instead sent the nation’s tax system into a tailspin, becoming a major PR disaster for the ruling Law and Justice party. There was not just...
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Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Recent events in Poland have highlighted the country’s need to tackle police brutality, which some analysts link to the country’s political climate. On the...
Central Europe Jarosław Kaczyński, Poland’s deputy prime minister and leader of the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), this week said that there would be no...
Angela Merkel’s retirement from frontline politics presents a huge opportunity for a charismatic, pragmatic and consensus-focused leader from Central and Eastern...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Poland has blinked, informing the European Union that it plans to shut down a controversial disciplinary chamber that had the power to remove judges considered hostile...
Enough of the silliness. Neither Poland nor Hungary will ever leave the European Union. Nor, as we have explained on numerous occasions, can they be kicked out. It’s...
Former PM Donald Tusk has returned to frontline Polish politics on a mission to revive the fortunes of the country’s opposition. Donald Tusk, a former prime...
Central Europe A far-reaching cyberattack in Poland this month hit over 100 email accounts used by current and former government officials, Polish counter-intelligence...
It’s not quite Oscar Wilde, but an ongoing Twitter spat throws a fascinating light onto the concerns of Poland’s business and political elites. Who has the biggest car...
A key bill ratifying the EU’s Covid-19 recovery fund passed through the lower house of Poland’s parliament only with the support of a centre-left political...
