Why Are Poles Marching Against Surveillance Laws? — Red Herring
Thousands of Poles have been marching through their country’s major cities, in protest of online surveillance laws proposed by the new right wing government.
Foreign Policy yesterday accused the Law and Justice Party, which swept to election victo…
Polish law sparks fears over judicial independence
Since sweeping back to power in October after eight years in opposition, the PiS has taken several controversial steps that critics have denounced as undermining the independence of both the media and the judiciary.
The legislation giving the govern…
Policy Network – Facing up to the radical right: Lessons from central and eastern Europe
Most recently, the politicisation of anti-immigration rhetoric throughout many parts of Europe, as well as the success of mainstream advocates of ‘illiberal democracy’ in Poland and Hungary, have yet again shown that issues central to the radical r…
La Pologne contre les Polonais | Le Club de Mediapart
Depuis le mois d’octobre 2015, on assiste à un tournant autoritaire et un repli réactionnaire, en Pologne. Voici un reportage littéraire – un genre à part entière en Pologne -, à l’heure du gouvernement nationaliste et conservateur Droit et J…
Non, la démocratie n’est pas menacée en Pologne !
La Pologne a mené un combat long et difficile contre l’occupation étrangère et contre un régime communiste tyrannique pour atteindre son ordre démocratique solide actuel. Et pourtant, à peine deux mois après avoir obtenu un mandat démocratiqu…