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Poland Clamps Down on Violent and Dangerous Criminals
Opposition calls changes “repressive”
Opposition calls changes “repressive”
Tensions escalate ahead of elections in Poland and Slovakia
The Polish president claimed that Vladimir Putin sought “to revive the Russian empire and must be stopped now, so that American soldiers do not need to sacrifice their lives in Europe.”
Polls suggest the ruling PiS will struggle to stitch together a parliamentary majority without the rightist, Ukraine-critical Confederation (Konfederacja).
An advisory body for the Council of Europe has come out strongly against the law, noting that its approval this close to Poland’s general elections this fall would create an uneven playing field.
Brussels and Washington demand a large dose of liberalism in the liberal democracy equation, regardless of how well a given democracy functions.
After President Duda’s signing, a commission will be set up with the power to investigate whether Polish public servants had been unduly influenced by Moscow. Those convicted would be banned from holding public office for up to 10 years.
“More United States in Europe, more Europe in the U.S.,” President Duda said, while also promising to do “everything” to further Ukraine’s EU membership bid.
The initiative aims at gaining new recruits to fill the ranks of Poland’s expanding army.
The new Hungarian President Katalin Novák took the initiative and announced in her inaugural speech on May 14th that her first foreign trip would be to Poland. This gesture was warmly welcomed by President Duda.
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