Poland’s president swears in a government expected to last no longer than 14 days
Mateusz Morawiecki’s nationalist and conservative Law and Justice party lost its parliamentary majority and no other parties want to join its government
Poland begins to bury the era of the ultraconservative Law and Justice government
The liberal parties hold a majority in the newly-elected parliament. Incumbent Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has been given the task of forming a new government, but any attempt at extending his time in power seems doomed
The victory of the liberal bloc in Poland contains the advance of the far right in Europe
Brussels seems relieved about the electoral defeat of the ultra-conservative PiS and the prospect of a center-right coalition in Warsaw led by Donald Tusk
Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances with a rally in Warsaw
The 66-year-old Tusk is a former Polish prime minister and former European Union leader who returned to Polish politics several years ago
Poland’s lawmakers approve government plan for divisive referendum on election day
One of the questions will ask voters whether they ‘support the admission of thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa under the forced relocation mechanism imposed by the European bureaucracy’
Polish government tries to mobilize deeply conservative voters with an anti-immigration referendum
The European Commission’s proposal for the distribution of refugees fuels the ultra-conservative Law and Justice party’s Eurosceptic discourse and calls to defend Polish sovereignty
Hundreds of thousands march in Poland anti-government protests to show support for democracy
Citizens travelled from across the country to voice their anger at officials who they say have eroded democratic norms and created fears that the nation is following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy