Poland’s Top Court Rules Election Result Valid
Poland’s Supreme Court on Monday approved the result of last month’s hotly contested presidential election but said there had been dozens of irregularities.
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Poland Backs Nationalist President in Setback for Liberal Europe
Polish voters on Sunday narrowly re-elected a nationalist conservative president and delivered a bitter blow to liberals in Europe who fear that Poland is drifting away from democracy and becoming a threat to the stability of the European Union.
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Polish Judiciary Faces Continued Scrutiny by Top EU Court
The European Union’s highest court heard yet another case involving the Polish judicial system on Monday, in the latest clash between the EU and the central European country over the rule of law.
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Greens Win in France, Poland Headed for Decisive Presidential Runoff
Voters heavily backed pro-environmental candidates in local French elections Sunday, while setting the stage on Poland’s presidential front for a consequential runoff between a nationalist conservative and a liberal.
Read moreA Divided Poland Holds Presidential Vote Delayed by Pandemic
Poles voted in a presidential election Sunday that was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and was taking place amid deep cultural and political divisions in the European Union nation.
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EU Magistrate OKs Stricter Rules for Cross-Border Workers
The European Union can tighten rules governing workers sent outside their home countries despite protests from Hungary and Poland, an adviser to the bloc’s highest court said Thursday.
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Polish Presidential Election in Chaos With Only 4 Days to Go
Poland is scheduled to hold a presidential election in four days but nobody can say whether it will happen or not.
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As Pandemic Rages, Europe Watches Democracy Fall
A drift toward authoritarianism in Hungary and Poland during the Covid-19 crisis is raising alarms across the European Union.
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Top EU Court Shuts Down Nationalist Party’s Panel for Culling Polish Judges
Poland must suspend a controversial disciplinary chamber for judges, the European Union’s high court ruled Wednesday.
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EU Court Says Countries Didn’t Meet Refugee Quotas
Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic violated European Union regulations by refusing to take in their share of refugees, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
Read morePoland to Seek $1.5 Billion From Russia’s Gazprom
Poland’s state gas company says it will seek $1.5 billion from Russia’s Gazprom after an international arbitration court in Stockholm said Gazprom was overcharging Poland.
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EU High Court Turns Away Dispute Over Polish Judicial Reforms
The European Union’s highest court said Thursday it won’t take up a case about disciplinary procedures for Polish judges, the latest battle over judicial independence in the central European country.
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German Court Rejects Poland Extradition Over Justice Reforms
A German court has for the first time rejected a request to extradite a suspect to Poland over concerns about judicial independence in the fellow European Union member, AFP has learned.
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Top EU Court Loosens Rules for Legal Representation
A Polish professor can legally represent the University of Wrocław in a dispute over grant money despite teaching there, the European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday.
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Fight Over Rule of Law in Poland Intensifies
For the past four years, Poland has been at the heart of a uniquely European fight between nationalist politicians and European Union institutions over who gets to decide how an EU nation’s laws are made and its courts are run.
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Polish Parliament OKs Law Allowing Gov’t to Punish Judges
Poland’s lawmakers gave their final approval Thursday to legislation that will allow politicians to fire judges who criticize their decisions, a change that European legal experts warn will undermine judicial independence.
Read moreBannon Protege Loses Case Against Liberal Polish Newspaper
An American conservative activist and Steve Bannon protege lost a defamation case Friday against a Polish journalist who described him as “Trump’s man” and part of a global war against democracy by the political right.
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Bird Flu Kills 25,000 Turkeys in Eastern Poland, Sparks Cull
Authorities in eastern Poland say bird flu is responsible for the deaths of at least 25,000 turkeys in poultry farms near the country’s borders with Ukraine and Belarus.
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Polish Plan to Punish Judges Who Dissent Triggers Protests
New legislation being pushed by Poland’s populist ruling party that allows judges to be fired for dissenting with the government violates both judicial independence and the primacy of European Union law, a Polish parliamentary office warned Wednesday.
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Polish Gov’t Defends Law to ‘Discipline’ Judges, Amid Outcry
Poland’s right-wing governing party on Friday defended its heavily criticized plans to impose new restrictions on judges, saying it wants to “discipline” a “caste” of judges that has become too engaged in politics.
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