Tag: Poland

Poland Brings Back Border Checkpoints With Germany and Lithuania
The government has designated 52 checkpoints along the German border and 13 along the Lithuanian border. On Monday, the Polish Interior Ministry Poland informed that its county has reinstated checkpoints along its borders with Germany and Lithuania to curb illegal migration and reinforce national security. RELATED: Germany Convenes Meeting to Toughen European Migration Policy The […]
July 7, 2025

German Police Turned Away 6,000 Migrants at Land Borders
Germany is sending illegal immigrants to Poland and the Netherlands, often without coordination with local authorities. Between May 8 and June 30, German federal police turned away 6,193 migrants at the country’s land borders under new measures adopted by the government of conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz. RELATED: U.S. President Mocks Migrants Heading to Alligator Alcatraz […]
July 1, 2025

Who is Poland’s President-Elect Karol Nawrocki?
His win reflects deep divisions within Polish society, with strong support from culturally conservative, Eurosceptic voters. Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian with no prior political experience, has been elected as Poland’s next president — a result seen as a symbolic victory for the nationalist right and a potential check on the country’s liberal reform agenda. […]
June 5, 2025

Polish PM Tusk Calls Confidence Vote After Presidential Defeat
This step aims to demonstrate the ‘unity and courage’ of the center-liberal coalition to continue pursuing its reform agenda. On Tuesday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that his coalition government will face a vote of confidence in Parliament on June 11. He described the move as “offensive, not defensive,” following a presidential election in […]
June 3, 2025

Karol Nawrocki Wins Poland’s Presidential Election
Born in 1983, this conservative politician is set to succeed the incumbent president Andrzej Duda, whose term ends on Aug. 6. On Monday morning, the Polish National Electoral Commission (PKW) announced that Karol Nawrocki, an independent candidate backed by the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, won Poland’s presidential runoff election. RELATED: Moscow Pledges Response […]
June 2, 2025

Liberal and Nationalist Candidates Will Run Off in Polish Presidential Elections
In Poland, the presidential election will be defined in a run off on 1 June between the liberal Rafal Trzaskowski, supported by the government of Donald Tusk, and the nationalist Karol Nawrocki, supported by the ultra-conservative opposition. RELATED: Moscow Pledges Response to U.S. Missile Defense Base in Poland Preliminary results give a slight advantage to […]
May 18, 2025

EU Was Formed to Maintain Peace, Not to Harm the United States: Tusk
Previously, Donald Trump announced the imposition of a 25% tariff on goods imported from the European Union. On Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk rejected accusations made by former President Donald Trump, according to which the European Union (EU) was created to harm the United States. RELATED: European Union Was Born to Screw the United […]
February 27, 2025

Tusk and Trudeau Warn of Threats Posed by Germany’s Far-Right
The AfD party has managed to capture 20% of voting intentions ahead of the German elections in February. On Tuesday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed concern over the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). RELATED: Majority of Germans Reject Coalition Government Including AfD During a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister […]
January 28, 2025

Morawiecki Replaces Meloni as Leader of the European Far-Right Party
He served as Poland’s prime minister from 2017 to 2023 and belongs to the Law and Justice party. On Tuesday, Mateusz Morawiecki was elected president of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), replacing Giorgia Meloni, who stepped down in December after four years in office. RELATED: Italian PM Meloni Is Concerned About the EU-MERCOSUR Trade […]
January 14, 2025

Belarus Calls on EU Countries to Start Dialogue on Illegal Migration
Nearly 28,000 attempts to enter Poland from Belarus were recorded between January and October. On Friday, the Secretary of Belarus’s Security Council, Alexander Volfovich, called on European Union (EU) countries to initiate a dialogue on illegal migration to take joint constructive steps. RELATED: Belarus Deploys a Third of Army Along Border With Ukraine: Lukashenko “To […]