An identity crisis rives the EU – an impasse between, on the one hand, the EU Commission and, on the other hand, Poland and Hungary. It is unfolding at a time when the EU faces seismic pressures from militarization – even war, as well as the ongoing effects of the pandemic- related lockdown, and the […]
The Polish government has announced that it will dramatically cut VAT on petrol from next month to combat inflation and the rising cost of living. The VAT rate will be cut from 23% to 8%, with other taxes on gas, petrol and electricity being slashed as energy costs rise faster than they have in two […]
Despite environmentalist warnings of “overpopulation,” a Lancet study last year predicted that the world’s population will decline significantly in the coming decades for the first time in centuries. Yesterday Gript reported on the fact that Iran has enacted new legislation aimed at encouraging more births. Iran’s new “Law on Family and Youth Support” is part […]
The migrant crisis on the Polish border with Belarus continues to escalate as the confrontation threatens to assume a wider international dimension. It seems apparent that Russia is behind what many regard as a method by the Belarussian President Lukashenko to get back at the EU over sanctions imposed on Putin’s neo-Stalinist ally. Russia Today […]
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki writes on the balance between national and international law.
The summit of EU leaders in Brussels came to a close with no firm decision being made on what steps ought to be taken to force Poland to toe the line on the EU’s insistence that the EU legal framework ought to have primacy over the constitutions of member states. Part of the impasse is […]
What about sovereignty?
Many more Europeans will be pleased that at least some of the democratic governments are reflecting the concerns of their own people.
Mateusz Morawiecki, the Prime Minister of Poland, writes on the need for European countries to build strong national economies.
Says Polish law has primacy
“An apology and clarification from RTÉ is much needed for the Polish community”: Anna Sochańska, Polish Ambassador to Ireland
RTE News have said there is “nothing to correct” after the Polish Embassy alleged RTE had caused “great distress” to the Polish community.