
Poland’s Conservative Opposition Unveils 2027 Prime Ministerial Contender
Law and Justice (PiS) has officially announced Przemysław Czarnek as its prime ministerial candidate for next year’s Polish parliamentary elections.

Law and Justice (PiS) has officially announced Przemysław Czarnek as its prime ministerial candidate for next year’s Polish parliamentary elections.

The Polish president’s veto inflames tensions with Warsaw’s ruling coalition.

The Law and Justice opposition says the loans could leave Polish defence firms sidelined.

With prosecutors preparing a European Arrest Warrant, the Ziobro case raises fresh concerns over judicial independence and political retaliation in Poland.

Rejecting claims of criminal wrongdoing, Poland’s former Minister of Justice called the charges a politically motivated attack by the leftist government in Warsaw.

The conflict pits an older social-paternalist national conservatism against a younger, libertarian-nationalist, anti-system Right.

Special services coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak said that anti-corruption officers were sent to the Lux Veritatis Foundation at the request of the prosecution service.

The PiS leader also warned that arresting former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is seriously ill, would be equivalent to a death sentence.

The Polish justice minister is asking parliament to lift the immunity of his conservative predecessor.

Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik could face a prison sentence of up to five years.