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manifestation of Russian madness<\/strong><\/a>\".<\/p>\n<p>Poland's Operational Command announced the defensive operation had ended on Sunday, but said its forces remained vigilant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Due to the end of long-range missile strikes of the Russian Federation on targets in the western part of Ukraine, the operation of military aviation in Polish airspace has been ended and the deployed forces and resources have returned to standard operational activities,\" it wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The #PolishArmy monitors the situation on the territory of Ukraine on an ongoing basis and remains constantly ready to ensure the safety of Polish airspace.\"<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Saturday, Poland's military said locals could notice increased noise from Polish and allied aircraft.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1654044177351557121\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The statement said the army had taken all necessary measures to secure Poland's airspace.<\/p>\n<p>Separately on Saturday, Poland's foreign minister\u00a0Radoslaw Sikorski warned Russia wanted to destabilise Europe.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed Moscow was trying to influence the outcome of upcoming European parliamentary elections in June.<\/p>\n<p>Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has sent security concerns skyrocketing in the region, with eastern European countries fearing a revisionist Kremlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Warsaw put its forces on alert in March when a Russian missile entered Polish airspace before striking Ukraine\u2019s western Lviv region.<\/p>\n<p>Poland has also ramped up its military presence on its western border with Belarus, a staunch ally of Moscow.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716692369,"updatedAt":1716738279,"publishedAt":1716713523,"firstPublishedAt":1716713526,"lastPublishedAt":1716713523,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Emphasising Poland's strategic position on NATO's and the European Union's eastern flank, Tusk highlighted the country's responsibility for Europe's security. \n\n\u201cWe have taken the decision to invest into our safety and first of all, into a safe eastern border, some 10 billion zlotys ( \u20ac2.2 billion),\u201d Tusk said. \n\nHe explained that the project entails constructing a fortified and environmentally modified border to ensure it is impenetrable by potential enemies. \"We have begun these works, to make Poland\u2019s border a safe one in times of peace, and impenetrable for an enemy in times of war,\u201d he added. \n\nTusk addressed Polish troops in Krakow, marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory in the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II. \n\nThe previous right-wing government in Poland built a \u20ac367 million wall along the Belarus border to curb the massive influx of migrants in 2021. However, the current pro-EU government believes further reinforcement is needed. \n\nPoland continues to be a strong ally of Ukraine in its defence against Russia\u2019s invasion. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland is investing around \u20ac2.2 billion to increase security and deterrence along its border with Russia and Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Tusk revealed that the Shield-East project, which includes building military fortifications, has already begun. Emphasising Poland's strategic position on NATO's and the European Union's eastern flank, Tusk highlighted the country's responsibility for Europe's security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//53//12//808x454_cmsv2_1e2ea478-d23b-53a1-a92d-6926b1707790-8445312.jpg/" alt=\"Border guard service inspect the border with Belarus\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/12\/384x216_cmsv2_1e2ea478-d23b-53a1-a92d-6926b1707790-8445312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/12\/640x360_cmsv2_1e2ea478-d23b-53a1-a92d-6926b1707790-8445312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/12\/750x422_cmsv2_1e2ea478-d23b-53a1-a92d-6926b1707790-8445312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/12\/828x466_cmsv2_1e2ea478-d23b-53a1-a92d-6926b1707790-8445312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/12\/1080x608_cmsv2_1e2ea478-d23b-53a1-a92d-6926b1707790-8445312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/12\/1200x675_cmsv2_1e2ea478-d23b-53a1-a92d-6926b1707790-8445312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/12\/1920x1080_cmsv2_1e2ea478-d23b-53a1-a92d-6926b1707790-8445312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Border guard service inspect the border with Belarus<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">PLTVP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have taken the decision to invest into our safety and first of all, into a safe eastern border, some 10 billion zlotys ( \u20ac2.2 billion),\u201d Tusk said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the project entails constructing a fortified and environmentally modified border to ensure it is impenetrable by potential enemies. \"We have begun these works, to make Poland\u2019s border a safe one in times of peace, and impenetrable for an enemy in times of war,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8431912\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//13//polands-pm-tusk-vows-to-strengthen-security-at-border-with-belarus/">Poland's PM Tusk vows to strengthen security at border with Belarus<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tusk addressed Polish troops in Krakow, marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory in the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The previous right-wing government in Poland built a \u20ac367 million wall along the Belarus border to curb the massive influx of migrants in 2021. However, the current pro-EU government believes further reinforcement is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Poland continues to be a strong ally of Ukraine in its defence against Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716078785,"updatedAt":1716552559,"publishedAt":1716098649,"firstPublishedAt":1716098652,"lastPublishedAt":1716098649,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"POLISH PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE HANDOUT","altText":"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announcing 2.5 billion into fortifying border with Russia, Belarus in Krakow, Poaland, 18th May 2024.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announcing 2.5 billion into fortifying border with Russia, Belarus in Krakow, Poaland, 18th May 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Cave-in leaves 2 miners dead at a coal mine in Poland","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Two dead and one missing in coal mine collapse in Poland","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Two dead and one missing in coal mine collapse in Poland","titleListing2":"Two dead and one missing in coal mine collapse in Poland","leadin":"The incident happened near the coal face, an area in Polish coal mines known for being particularly vulnerable to cave-ins and methane gas explosions, due to the presence of gas in the rock.","summary":"The incident happened near the coal face, an area in Polish coal mines known for being particularly vulnerable to cave-ins and methane gas explosions, due to the presence of gas in the 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Six teams of rescuers were working in the area. \n\nThe accident happened near the coal face, an area especially exposed to cave-ins or explosions of methane gas, which is present in the rock in many Polish coal mines. \n\nIt is the second cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola mine this year, following one on 17 April that killed one miner. Two other coal mine workers were killed in accidents inside other mines in Poland this year, while in 2023, 15 miners were killed in on-the-job accidents. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland early on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities say 12 people were also injured.<\/p>\n<p>The cave-in happened around 3:30 am local time, some 870 metres underground in an area where 15 miners were working, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the miners located by rescuers and brought to the surface were declared dead, while one was being taken to the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eleven other miners were rescued earlier from the mine with various injuries, and nine of them remain hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers were still searching for one missing miner but had no contact with him. Six teams of rescuers were working in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened near the coal face, an area especially exposed to cave-ins or explosions of methane gas, which is present in the rock in many Polish coal mines.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola mine this year, following one on 17 April that killed one miner. Two other coal mine workers were killed in accidents inside other mines in Poland this year, while in 2023, 15 miners were killed in on-the-job accidents.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1715692143,"updatedAt":1715697954,"publishedAt":1715697951,"firstPublishedAt":1715697954,"lastPublishedAt":1715697951,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/48\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2049a8b1-2530-59bb-8d0d-7bf827ca23d3-8434850.jpg","altText":"An ambulance is leaving the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in Myslowice, southern Poland, Tuesday, May 14, 2024 ","caption":"An ambulance is leaving the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in Myslowice, southern Poland, Tuesday, May 14, 2024 ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Associated 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POLAND BORDER","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Poland's PM Tusk vows to strengthen security at border with Belarus","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Poland's PM Tusk vows to fortify border with Belarus","titleListing2":"Poland's PM Tusk vows to strengthen security at border with Belarus","leadin":"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk travelled to the border with Belarus on Saturday.","summary":"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk travelled to the border with Belarus on Saturday.","keySentence":"","url":"polands-pm-tusk-vows-to-strengthen-security-at-border-with-belarus","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/13\/polands-pm-tusk-vows-to-strengthen-security-at-border-with-belarus","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged to do more to strengthen security along its entire eastern frontier when he travelled to the border with Belarus on Saturday.\u00a0 \n\nTusk accused Belarus, Russia's ally, of intensifying what he called a \u201chybrid war\u201d against the West by encouraging migrants to try to cross into the EU.\u00a0 \n\nHe vowed that Poland would spare no expense on its border security. \n\n\u201cI know that there are more and more illegal crossings every day,\u201d Tusk told reporters at the border, where he met with Polish army soldiers, border guard officers and police.\u00a0 \n\nHe also cited \u201cthe growing threat resulting from the Russian-Ukrainian war, Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine and the uncertain geopolitical situation.\u201d \n\nThe visit to the border is Tusk's first since he took office in December and comes after a Polish judge defected to Belarus this month. Officials have denounced the judge as a traitor, and he is being investigated on suspicion of espionage.\u00a0 \n\nTusk considers his approach \n\nTusk took over from the Law and Justice or PiS party, known for its standoff with the European Union over rule of law issues. The previous party took a strong stance against migration, setting it at odds with other European allies when it first took power in 2015. \n\nSince then, though, the general mood against migration across Europe has toughened. \n\nWhile Tusk is more moderate over migration than some of his predecessors, he opposes unregulated migration.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nDuring his visit, Tusk said: \u201cThis is not only Poland\u2019s internal border, but also the border of the European Union. Therefore, I have no doubt that all of Europe will have to \u2014 and I know that we will achieve this \u2014 invest in its security by investing in Poland\u2019s eastern border and in the security of our border.\u201d\u00a0 \n\nThe visit comes weeks before June's European elections and Tusk seemed intent on sending a message to voters that his political party, Civic Coalition, favours border security and supports the uniformed officers there. \n\n\u201cI came today primarily so that both commanders and their subordinates have no doubt that the Polish state and the Polish government are with them in every situation, here at the border,\" he said. \n\nIn 2021, large numbers of migrants from the Middle East and Africa began arriving along the EU's eastern border with Belarus. The EU then accused Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of encouraging the migration to destabilise the EU after it imposed sanctions on the country for an election widely viewed as fraudulent. \n\nPoland's previous government responded to the crisis by constructing a tall steel wall. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged to do more to strengthen security along its entire eastern frontier when he travelled to the border with Belarus on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tusk accused Belarus, Russia's ally, of intensifying what he called a \u201chybrid war\u201d against the West by encouraging migrants to try to cross into the EU.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He vowed that Poland would spare no expense on its border security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that there are more and more illegal crossings every day,\u201d Tusk told reporters at the border, where he met with Polish army soldiers, border guard officers and police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also cited \u201cthe growing threat resulting from the Russian-Ukrainian war, Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine and the uncertain geopolitical situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The visit to the border is Tusk's first since he took office in December and comes after a Polish judge defected to Belarus this month. Officials have denounced the judge as a traitor, and he is being investigated on suspicion of espionage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Tusk considers his approach<\/h2><p>Tusk took over from the Law and Justice or PiS party, known for its standoff with the European Union over rule of law issues. The previous party took a strong stance against migration, setting it at odds with other European allies when it first took power in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, though, the general mood against migration across Europe has toughened.<\/p>\n<p>While Tusk is more moderate over migration than some of his predecessors, he opposes unregulated migration.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Tusk said: \u201cThis is not only Poland\u2019s internal border, but also the border of the European Union. Therefore, I have no doubt that all of Europe will have to \u2014 and I know that we will achieve this \u2014 invest in its security by investing in Poland\u2019s eastern border and in the security of our border.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//43//19//12//808x539_cmsv2_4084aaa8-1ae5-51e7-9410-93f65e6b4dcd-8431912.jpg/" alt=\"Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk listens to the media in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 15, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/19\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_4084aaa8-1ae5-51e7-9410-93f65e6b4dcd-8431912.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/19\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_4084aaa8-1ae5-51e7-9410-93f65e6b4dcd-8431912.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/19\/12\/750x500_cmsv2_4084aaa8-1ae5-51e7-9410-93f65e6b4dcd-8431912.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/19\/12\/828x552_cmsv2_4084aaa8-1ae5-51e7-9410-93f65e6b4dcd-8431912.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/19\/12\/1080x720_cmsv2_4084aaa8-1ae5-51e7-9410-93f65e6b4dcd-8431912.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/19\/12\/1200x800_cmsv2_4084aaa8-1ae5-51e7-9410-93f65e6b4dcd-8431912.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/19\/12\/1920x1281_cmsv2_4084aaa8-1ae5-51e7-9410-93f65e6b4dcd-8431912.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk listens to the media in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 15, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ebrahim Noroozi\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The visit comes weeks before June's European elections and Tusk seemed intent on sending a message to voters that his political party, Civic Coalition, favours border security and supports the uniformed officers there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came today primarily so that both commanders and their subordinates have no doubt that the Polish state and the Polish government are with them in every situation, here at the border,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8398434,8266852\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//02//26//can-europe-help-pro-democracy-belarusians-as-lukashenko-tightens-grip-on-power/">Can Europe help pro-democracy Belarusians as Lukashenko tightens grip on power?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//04//25//lithuania-rejects-claim-it-launched-drone-attack-against-belarus/">Lithuania rejects claim it launched drone attack against Belarus <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2021, large numbers of migrants from the Middle East and Africa began arriving along the EU's eastern border with Belarus. The EU then accused Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of encouraging the migration to destabilise the EU after it imposed sanctions on the country for an election widely viewed as fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>Poland's previous government responded to the crisis by constructing a tall steel wall.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1715592955,"updatedAt":1715611679,"publishedAt":1715611676,"firstPublishedAt":1715611679,"lastPublishedAt":1715611676,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/19\/12\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9fce74b5-9927-5ef8-b6cc-7a79c14ac9c9-8431912.jpg","altText":"Members of a group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum are seen in Bialowieza, Poland, on Sunday, 28 May 2023.","caption":"Members of a group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum are seen in Bialowieza, Poland, on Sunday, 28 May 2023.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Agnieszka Sadowska\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Witness reporter Valerie Gauriat went to Poland to assess the potential for a spillover of the conflict into other parts of Europe and to gauge expectations of EU and NATO allies.","summary":"The Ukraine war and uncertainty about future US funding of NATO have rekindled fears about Europe's defence. Witness reporter Valerie Gauriat went to Poland to assess the potential for a spillover of the conflict into other parts of Europe and to gauge expectations of EU and NATO allies.","keySentence":"","url":"poland-europes-defence-sentinel","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/10\/poland-europes-defence-sentinel","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"On 22 April, some 5,000 soldiers from seven European countries and the United States took part in a NATO defensive exercise 80 kilometres south of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.\u00a0Part of Operation Steadfast Defender 2024 , the largest series of manoeuvres by the Atlantic alliance since the end of the Cold War, to test the inter-operability of forces. \n\n\u201cIn line with our regional plan, we are exercising the defence of the eastern flank of Europe\u201d, General Krzysztof Kr\u00f3l, advisor to the Polish Army\u2019s Chief of General Staff, told Euronews. \n\nAnxiety on Poland's northeastern border \n\nOur journey takes us further north to the border post of Goldap, just two kilometres from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. It has been closed since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0 \n\nThe proximity of NATO forces reassures the area\u2019s inhabitants, but they want to be ready for any eventuality.\u00a0Piotr Bartoszuk, Headmaster of a Vocational High School in Goldap, shows us the virtual shooting range installed in the school\u2019s basement.\u00a0Military training, subsidized by the Ministry of Defense, was added to the curriculum this year. \n\n\u201cEverything is done to prepare our society to defend itself in the event of an attack.\u201d says Bartoszuk, \u201cThe civil defence act being processed in Poland requires us to educate people, and to build shelters and warning systems in Poland. Whether it\u2019s a science fiction scenario that Putin will attack us or not \u2013 it\u2019s good to be prepared.\u201d \n\nPoland urging EU to boost defence \n\nThe largest European contributor to military aid to Ukraine, Poland urges its EU partners to step up their support , and boost defence budgets. \n\n\u201cWe never had a greater sense of such immediate threat. If we don't stop this fierce war that's happening at the borders of Poland, of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, we might soon be facing a much bigger threat. And it's a threat to every European country\u201d, Cezary Tomczyk, the Polish Vice Minister of Defence, told Euronews. \n\n\u201cThe European Union is the largest economy in the world today. We are able to build the capabilities that will allow Europe to be a safe zone and not look around the world for that.\u201d, he added. \n\nSome 80% of arms acquisitions currently come from outside Europe, 60% of which from the United States.\u00a0Last March, the European Commission proposed a new strategy, aimed at boosting the Union's defence industry. \n\nThe European Union\u2019s ambitions are too modest and dangerously slow to materialise, says defence expert \u0141ukasz Ma\u015blanka at Warsaw\u2019s Center for Eastern Studies. \n\n\u201cWe hear from France. Italy, Germany, words about European defence. But these words aren't followed by deeds\u201d, he told Euronews. \n\n\u201cToday, it doesn't seem likely Putin will start another war with a NATO country. But who knows what will be in two years? We don't know who will be the president of the United States, or if there won't be a populist government in an important European country, which could hamper European efforts to counter Putin's aggression. This can create very comfortable conditions for him to pursue his aggression in Europe,\u201d he warned. \n\nPolish citizens preparing for war \n\nThis is a feeling shared by many in Poland. More and more citizens are enrolling in the Polish Territorial Defence forces. \n\n\u201cThe risk is very serious because Ukraine is losing the war, and the West is not helping it enough.\u201d Grzegorz Szczepa\u0144ski, a Polish Territorial Defence volunteer, told Valerie Gauriat. \u201cThe risk of an invasion in our country is very high.\u201d \n\n\u201cThere's awareness of the threat from the \u201cGreat Bear\u201d from the East coming back to us. That's why society has started preparing for a worst-case scenario.\u201d, says Senior Corporal Przemys\u0142aw \u0141uszczki, spokesperson of the Territorial Defence\u2019s Warsaw Brigade, concluding:\u00a0\u201cWe don't want Russia to conquer Europe again. We will be the first to defend her.\u201d \n\nClick on the video above to see the full report. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>On 22 April, some 5,000 soldiers from seven European countries and the United States took part in a NATO defensive exercise 80 kilometres south of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.\u00a0Part of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nato.int//cps//en//natohq//222847.htm/">Operation Steadfast Defender 2024<\/a>, the largest series of manoeuvres by the Atlantic alliance since the end of the Cold War, to test the inter-operability of forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn line with our regional plan, we are exercising the defence of the eastern flank of Europe\u201d, General Krzysztof Kr\u00f3l, advisor to the Polish Army\u2019s Chief of General Staff, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<h2>Anxiety on Poland's northeastern border<\/h2><p>Our journey takes us further north to the border post of Goldap, just two kilometres from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. It has been closed since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proximity of NATO forces reassures the area\u2019s inhabitants, but they want to be ready for any eventuality.\u00a0Piotr Bartoszuk, Headmaster of a Vocational High School in Goldap, shows us the virtual shooting range installed in the school\u2019s basement.\u00a0Military training, subsidized by the Ministry of Defense, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.britishpoles.uk//polish-pupils-will-train-their-shooting-skills-at-school-from-september///">was added to the curriculum this year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is done to prepare our society to defend itself in the event of an attack.\u201d says Bartoszuk, \u201cThe civil defence act being processed in Poland requires us to educate people, and to build shelters and warning systems in Poland. Whether it\u2019s a science fiction scenario that Putin will attack us or not \u2013 it\u2019s good to be prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Poland urging EU to boost defence<\/h2><p>The largest European contributor to military aid to Ukraine, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.reuters.com//world//europe//unused-eu-recovery-funds-should-go-towards-defence-polish-ministers-say-2024-05-06///">Poland urges its EU partners to step up their support<\/a>, and boost defence budgets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never had a greater sense of such immediate threat. If we don't stop this fierce war that's happening at the borders of Poland, of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, we might soon be facing a much bigger threat. And it's a threat to every European country\u201d, Cezary Tomczyk, the Polish Vice Minister of Defence, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe European Union is the largest economy in the world today. We are able to build the capabilities that will allow Europe to be a safe zone and not look around the world for that.\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Some 80% of arms acquisitions currently come from outside Europe, 60% of which from the United States.\u00a0Last March, the European Commission <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////carnegieendowment.org//2024//03//08//understanding-eu-s-new-defense-industrial-strategy-pub-91937#:~:text=The%20strategy%20envisions%20that%20by,procured%20in%20a%20collaborative%20manner.\">proposed a new strategy, aimed at boosting the Union's defence industry.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The European Union\u2019s ambitions are too modest and dangerously slow to materialise, says defence expert \u0141ukasz Ma\u015blanka at Warsaw\u2019s Center for Eastern Studies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hear from France. Italy, Germany, words about European defence. But these words aren't followed by deeds\u201d, he told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, it doesn't seem likely Putin will start another war with a NATO country. But who knows what will be in two years? We don't know who will be the president of the United States, or if there won't be a populist government in an important European country, which could hamper European efforts to counter Putin's aggression. This can create very comfortable conditions for him to pursue his aggression in Europe,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<h2>Polish citizens preparing for war<\/h2><p>This is a feeling shared by many in Poland. More and more citizens are enrolling in the Polish Territorial Defence forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe risk is very serious because Ukraine is losing the war, and the West is not helping it enough.\u201d Grzegorz Szczepa\u0144ski, a Polish Territorial Defence volunteer, told Valerie Gauriat. \u201cThe risk of an invasion in our country is very high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere's awareness of the threat from the \u201cGreat Bear\u201d from the East coming back to us. That's why society has started preparing for a worst-case scenario.\u201d, says Senior Corporal Przemys\u0142aw \u0141uszczki, spokesperson of the Territorial Defence\u2019s Warsaw Brigade, concluding:\u00a0\u201cWe don't want Russia to conquer Europe again. 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Donald Tusk on Friday announced a reshuffle of his cabinet to replace four ministers running for the European Parliament next month. \n\nThe changes are also seen as a chance to bring new energy into Tusk's government, which took office in December and embarked on deep reforms in many areas, including restoring the independence of the judiciary and the media. \n\n\"Today comes the time of bringing order,\" Tusk said, \"and this is one of the reasons for which we jointly decided to have these changes.\" \n\nTusk's pro-European Union government has embarked on a bold effort to reverse the policies of its right-wing predecessors, the Law and Justice or PiS party, who put Poland on a collision course with the EU while in government from 2015 to 2023. \n\nThe reshuffle came just hours before a major protest planned in Warsaw by\u00a0PiS, whose members hope to make major gains in the June elections. \n\nThey joined with farmers protesting new EU agriculture policies to cut green gas 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He retains his job as coordinator of special services at a time of Russia's war on Poland's neighbour Ukraine. \n\nThe new culture minister is Hanna Wroblewska, while Jakub Jaworowski was put in charge of state assets, where auditing is currently taking place to uncover cases of mismanagement. \n\nKrzysztof Paszyk, an experienced politician and lawmaker, is the new minister of development and technology. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday announced a reshuffle of his cabinet to replace four ministers running for the European Parliament next month.<\/p>\n<p>The changes are also seen as a chance to bring new energy into Tusk's government, which took office in December and embarked on deep reforms in many areas, including restoring the independence of the judiciary and the media.<\/p>\n<p>\"Today comes the time of bringing order,\" Tusk said, \"and this is one of the reasons for which we jointly decided to have these changes.\"<\/p>\n<p>Tusk's pro-European Union government has embarked on a bold effort to reverse the policies of its right-wing predecessors, the Law and Justice or PiS party, who put Poland on a collision course with the EU while in government from 2015 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The reshuffle came just hours before a major protest planned in Warsaw by\u00a0PiS, whose members hope to make major gains in the June elections.<\/p>\n<p>They joined with farmers protesting new EU agriculture policies to cut green gas emissions, policies that form part of the European Green Deal.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8388826,8422198,8422328\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//04//23//european-elections-top-tips-to-avoid-misinformation/">European elections: Top tips to avoid misinformation<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//08//european-elections-what-do-voters-want-what-have-candidates-pledged/">European elections: What do voters want? 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He retains his job as coordinator of special services at a time of Russia's war on Poland's neighbour Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The new culture minister is Hanna Wroblewska, while Jakub Jaworowski was put in charge of state assets, where auditing is currently taking place to uncover cases of mismanagement.<\/p>\n<p>Krzysztof Paszyk, an experienced politician and lawmaker, is the new minister of development and technology.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1715331809,"updatedAt":1715337058,"publishedAt":1715337055,"firstPublishedAt":1715337058,"lastPublishedAt":1715337055,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/42\/74\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0101bae3-6284-5a2c-a5b5-056947a9a45f-8427478.jpg","altText":"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk","caption":"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Ebrahim 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We want to protest in a cultured way, to manifest the problems we have in agriculture.\" \n\nProtesters are demanding a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who has been in on and off talks with protesters since February.\u00a0 \n\nFarmers in parliament are promising to occupy the Sejm until Tusk meets with them. \n\nSimilar protests have been staged by farmers in countries across the EU, with demonstrators blockading major highways to call for the prioritisation of\u00a0European produce and the easing of environmental regulations that they say are punishing their businesses. \n\nThe Polish\u00a0protests have drawn support from Poland's conservative Law and Justice party, which lost power to Tusk in an election last autumn, and the far-right Confederation. \n\nIn an attempt to mitigate financial strain on farmers, the government has introduced new subsidies for farmers, intended to help manage the effects of surplus grain on the market. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In an escalation of their ongoing protests, farmers from the\u00a0Polish Farmers\u2019 Union, Orka, staged a sit-in at the Polish parliament on Thursday, claiming\u00a0that their livelihoods are threatened on multiple fronts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we want to protest against the Green Deal, against the opening of the border to products flowing into the country from Ukraine,\u201d a union spokesperson said during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not thugs or hooligans. We want to protest in a cultured way, to manifest the problems we have in agriculture.\"<\/p>\n<p>Protesters are demanding a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who has been in on and off talks with protesters since February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Farmers in parliament are promising to occupy the Sejm until Tusk meets with them.<\/p>\n<p>Similar protests have been staged by farmers in countries across the EU, with demonstrators blockading major highways to call for the prioritisation of\u00a0European produce and the easing of environmental regulations that they say are punishing their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish\u00a0protests have drawn support from Poland's conservative Law and Justice party, which lost power to Tusk in an election last autumn, and the far-right Confederation.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to mitigate financial strain on farmers, the government has introduced new subsidies for farmers, intended to help manage the effects of surplus grain on the 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at a site where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II because their advanced decay made it impossible to determine the cause of death, a spokesperson said Monday. \n\nThe remains were found on 24 February at Wolf's Lair, which served as Hitler's \u00a0main headquarters for the Eastern Front between 1941-44, when Poland was occupied by Germany. The discovery sparked interest in the identity of those found, yet further\u00a0 investigation failed due to the conditions of the remains and the passage of time. \n\nThe spokesman for the prosecutor's office in the nearby town of K\u0119trzyn, Daniel Brodowski, said police officers secured the remains after they were found by a local group, Latebra, which searches for historical objects. \n\nA forensic medical expert examined them under the supervision of the prosecutor's office, which was trying to determine if manslaughter had occurred. Brodowski said in a statement that the investigation was discontinued in late March due to a lack of evidence that a crime had been committed. \n\n\"The expert stated that the preserved bone remains were of human origin and came from at least four people, three of whom were most likely middle-aged men, and the fourth was a child several years of age whose sex cannot be determined,\" Brodowski wrote. \n\n\nHidden in deep woods, the compound consisted of about 200 Nazi bunkers and military barracks. At its peak, some 2,000 people lived there, including food tasters meant to prevent Hitler from being poisoned. \n\n\nNotably, the Wolf's Lair was the site of the failed assassination attempt on Hitler by Colonel Claus Stauffenberg and others on 20 July 1944, known as Operation Valkyrie. The site is now a tourist attraction. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Polish prosecutors have ended an investigation into human skeletons found at a site where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II because their advanced decay made it impossible to determine the cause of death, a spokesperson said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The remains were found on 24 February at Wolf's Lair, which served as Hitler's\u00a0main headquarters for the Eastern Front between 1941-44, when Poland was occupied by Germany. The discovery sparked interest in the identity of those found, yet further\u00a0investigation failed due to the conditions of the remains and the passage of time.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for the prosecutor's office in the nearby town of K\u0119trzyn, Daniel Brodowski, said police officers secured the remains after they were found by a local group, Latebra, which searches for historical objects.<\/p>\n<p>A forensic medical expert examined them under the supervision of the prosecutor's office, which was trying to determine if manslaughter had occurred. Brodowski said in a statement that the investigation was discontinued in late March due to a lack of evidence that a crime had been committed.<\/p>\n<p>\"The expert stated that the preserved bone remains were of human origin and came from at least four people, three of whom were most likely middle-aged men, and the fourth was a child several years of age whose sex cannot be determined,\" Brodowski wrote. <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8381178,7899516\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//09//16//new-claims-that-ww2-pope-pius-xii-knew-about-nazi-crimes/">New claims that WW2 Pope Pius XII knew about Nazi crimes<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//04//18//prominent-afd-figure-stands-trial-for-using-nazi-slogan/">Prominent AfD figure stands trial for using Nazi slogan<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hidden in deep woods, the compound consisted of about 200 Nazi bunkers and military barracks. 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WAR WRAP","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Polish and Lithuanian leaders oversee military drills along border","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Polish and Lithuanian leaders oversee military drills along border","titleListing2":"Polish and Lithuanian leaders oversee military drills along shared border","leadin":"The Suwalki Gap at the border between Poland and Lithuania is considered a threat as it is also a land corridor between Belarus and Russia\u2019s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad.","summary":"The Suwalki Gap at the border between Poland and Lithuania is considered a threat as it is also a land corridor between Belarus and Russia\u2019s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad.","keySentence":"","url":"polish-and-lithuanian-leaders-oversee-military-drills-along-border","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/04\/27\/polish-and-lithuanian-leaders-oversee-military-drills-along-border","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Polish President Andrzej Duda said Friday that \u201ca potential aggressor must see our readiness\" as he and his Lithuanian counterpart monitored a joint military drill along their shared border. \n\nDuda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da met on the last day of the week-long Brave Griffin 24\/II military exercise along the Suwalki Gap, a strategically important stretch of land that's considered a potential flashpoint area in case of a standoff between Russia and the NATO alliance. \n\nThe border, almost 100 kilometers long between NATO members Poland and Lithuania, is also a land corridor between Belarus, a Moscow ally, and Russia\u2019s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad. \n\n\u201cThere is a potential threat, which is why these exercises are going on,\" Duda said. \n\nThe drill included 1,500 Lithuanian infantry soldiers, nearly 200 members of Poland\u2019s 15th Mechanized Brigade, and US and Portuguese military personnel. \n\nUntil recently, the land border was seen as vulnerable. If Russia were to ever seize the Suwalki Gap, it could leave Lithuania and the other two Baltic states, Latvia and Estonia, cut off from Poland and other NATO allies. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Polish President Andrzej Duda said Friday that \u201ca potential aggressor must see our readiness\" as he and his Lithuanian counterpart monitored a joint military drill along their shared border.<\/p>\n<p>Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da met on the last day of the week-long Brave Griffin 24\/II military exercise along the Suwalki Gap, a strategically important stretch of land that's considered a potential flashpoint area in case of a standoff between Russia and the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//nato/">NATO alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The border, almost 100 kilometers long between NATO members Poland and Lithuania, is also a land corridor between Belarus, a Moscow ally, and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//russia/">Russia/u2019s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a potential threat, which is why these exercises are going on,\" Duda said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//40//19//32//808x539_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg/" alt=\"Poland's President Andrej Duda, left, and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda watch a Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24\/II military exercise. Friday, April 26, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/384x256_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/640x427_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/750x500_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/828x552_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/1080x720_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/1200x800_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/1920x1281_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Poland's President Andrej Duda, left, and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda watch a Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24\/II military exercise. Friday, April 26, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The drill included 1,500 Lithuanian infantry soldiers, nearly 200 members of Poland\u2019s 15th Mechanized Brigade, and US and Portuguese military personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, the land border was seen as vulnerable. If Russia were to ever seize the Suwalki Gap, it could leave Lithuania and the other two Baltic states, Latvia and Estonia, cut off from Poland and other NATO allies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//40//19//42//808x539_cmsv2_752eb5f9-11d5-55b5-81e7-28fe355c7fa2-8401942.jpg/" alt=\"Military vehicles takes part in the Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24\/II military exercise near the Suwalki Gap. 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Friday, April 26, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714172265,"updatedAt":1714204263,"publishedAt":1714202208,"firstPublishedAt":1714202214,"lastPublishedAt":1714202214,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b00994c0-5a20-5f78-93e6-d34a248b8fbb-8401932.jpg","altText":"A Lithuanian Army soldier takes part in Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24\/II military exercise near the Suwalki Gap near the Polish border at the Dirmiskes village, in Lithu","caption":"A Lithuanian Army soldier takes part in Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24\/II military exercise near the Suwalki Gap near the Polish border at the Dirmiskes village, in Lithu","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/19\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c492559f-91ef-5217-92e0-8912b1ce0815-8401932.jpg","altText":"Poland's President Andrej Duda, left, and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda watch a Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24\/II military exercise. 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While\u00a0Law and Justice stressed the importance of ties with the US, it took a sometimes confrontational stance toward the European Union and in particular Germany, which invaded and occupied Poland during World War II. \n\nConversely, Sikorski argued in his speech that Poland\u2019s development and security should be based both on Trans-Atlantic cooperation and on European integration, and that it is also ready to take responsibility for global challenges. \n\nHe also stressed the importance of friendship with Germany,\u00a0accusing the previous Law and Justice government of choosing confrontation. \n\nPoland, a member of NATO and the European Union, is on the eastern flank of both and shares borders with Russia and Belarus in addition to Ukraine. It is a key hub for Western weapons going to Ukraine. \n\nThis week Tusk received a visit from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The latter announced a major increase in military aid to Ukraine as well as committing his country to spending 2.5% of its GDP per year on defence by the end of the decade. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Russian attack on NATO would end in defeat for Moscow, but NATO must increase its defences, Poland\u2019s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told parliament on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sikorski was describing the new foreign policy direction of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government, explaining to a world audience and those at home how Poland's priorities have changed since last year's election.<\/p>\n<p>He said Poland wants to return to the group of countries which sets the agenda of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Tusk\u2019s government replaced a conservative administration, led by the right-wing Law and Justice party. While\u00a0Law and Justice stressed the importance of ties with the US, it took a sometimes confrontational stance toward the European Union and in particular Germany, which invaded and occupied Poland during World War II.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//39//73//48//808x539_cmsv2_082a15f7-87b2-5309-9d45-e23311b07a92-8397348.jpg/" alt=\"Ukrainians and Poles assemble to protest the invasion of Ukraine in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/39\/73\/48\/384x256_cmsv2_082a15f7-87b2-5309-9d45-e23311b07a92-8397348.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/39\/73\/48\/640x427_cmsv2_082a15f7-87b2-5309-9d45-e23311b07a92-8397348.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/39\/73\/48\/750x500_cmsv2_082a15f7-87b2-5309-9d45-e23311b07a92-8397348.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/39\/73\/48\/828x552_cmsv2_082a15f7-87b2-5309-9d45-e23311b07a92-8397348.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/39\/73\/48\/1080x720_cmsv2_082a15f7-87b2-5309-9d45-e23311b07a92-8397348.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/39\/73\/48\/1200x800_cmsv2_082a15f7-87b2-5309-9d45-e23311b07a92-8397348.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/39\/73\/48\/1920x1281_cmsv2_082a15f7-87b2-5309-9d45-e23311b07a92-8397348.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ukrainians and Poles assemble to protest the invasion of Ukraine in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Conversely, Sikorski argued in his speech that Poland\u2019s development and security should be based both on Trans-Atlantic cooperation and on European integration, and that it is also ready to take responsibility for global challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He also stressed the importance of friendship with Germany,\u00a0accusing the previous Law and Justice government of choosing confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>Poland, a member of NATO and the European Union, is on the eastern flank of both and shares borders with Russia and Belarus in addition to Ukraine. It is a key hub for Western weapons going to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>This week Tusk received a visit from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. 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guardrails.","keySentence":"","url":"shocking-and-depressing-polish-minister-says-government-used-spyware-against-hundreds-of-p","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/04\/25\/shocking-and-depressing-polish-minister-says-government-used-spyware-against-hundreds-of-p","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Poland's prosecutor general said on Wednesday that Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former Polish government. \n\nAdam Bodnar told lawmakers that he found the scale of the surveillance to be \u201cshocking and depressing\". \n\n\u201cIt is sad for me that even in this room I am speaking to people who were victims of this system,\u201d Bodnar told the Sejm, the lower house of parliament. \n\nBodnar, who is also the justice minister, didn't specify who exactly was subject to surveillance by the spyware and his office said the information was confidential.\u00a0 \n\nThe data showed that Pegasus was used in the cases of 578 people from 2017 to 2022 and 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However the subject remains divisive in the mostly Catholic country.","keySentence":"","url":"polands-parliament-votes-to-progress-toward-easing-abortion-restrictions","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2024\/04\/12\/polands-parliament-votes-to-progress-toward-easing-abortion-restrictions","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Polish legislators voted on four separate bills on Friday to consider changes to the country's near-total ban on abortion, a highly controversial issue in the mainly Roman Catholic nation. \n\nPoland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. \n\n\nTwo of the proposals, including one from Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform party, aim to legalise abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy. \n\n''Today is truly a symbolic day, a breakthrough day, and a day that our daughters and granddaughters will probably remember,'' Third Way party member Ewa Schaedler said. ''Something has happened that has been almost impossible to overcome for 30 years. After 23 different attempts to change our laws on abortion, all of which were thrown in the bin on first reading, we have succeeded today. \n\nA fourth bill from a conservative political party would return the country to the restrictive 1993 abortion law. \n\nA 2020 court ruling further reduced abortion access, determining that women could no longer terminate pregnancies due to foetal defects. Abortion has been allowed in cases of rape or incest, or if the mother's life is at risk. \n\nKinga Jelinska from the Polish Abortion Dream Team which aims to normalise pregnancy termination, said there is a strong demand for services. \n\n''We support 130 women to have an abortion every day, more than 100 take abortion pills at their own home, usually sourced from the internet, from Women Help Women, and from other reliable providers,'' she said. \n\n''Some of them travel abroad because they are more than 12 weeks pregnant and need to go to the clinic abroad. We support them also financially and as a network of Abortion Without Borders we counted that we spent more than 11 million euro in the last years.'' \n\nThere have been cases, however, of women dying as doctors waited to perform a termination. \n\nRecent polls show more Poles are in favour of changing the rules.\u00a0Any changes however must be signed into law by President Andrzej Duda who is aligned with the former populist government. \n\nLaw and Justice (PiS) party member, Krzysztof Szczucki said he voted against the four drafts. \n\n''I believe that each of them is incompatible with the Polish Constitution and should therefore be rejected,'' he said. \n\nAbortion rights activists like Antonina Lewandowska from the Foundation for Women and Family Planning ( FEDERA ) who have fought for liberalisation of the law for years are cautious about claiming victory too soon. \n\n''I think that's the first battle that was won but there are a lot many more ahead of us,'' she said. \n\nPoland's vote to open a debate on liberalisation of abortion law coincides with the EU Parliament's push to include abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Polish legislators voted on four separate bills on Friday to consider changes to the country's near-total ban on abortion, a highly controversial issue in the mainly Roman Catholic nation.<\/p>\n<p>Poland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. <\/p>\n<p>Two of the proposals, including one from Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform party, aim to legalise abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>''Today is truly a symbolic day, a breakthrough day, and a day that our daughters and granddaughters will probably remember,'' Third Way party member Ewa Schaedler said. ''Something has happened that has been almost impossible to overcome for 30 years. After 23 different attempts to change our laws on abortion, all of which were thrown in the bin on first reading, we have succeeded today.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth bill from a conservative political party would return the country to the restrictive 1993 abortion law.<\/p>\n<p>A 2020 court ruling further reduced abortion access, determining that women could no longer terminate pregnancies due to foetal defects. Abortion has been allowed in cases of rape or incest, or if the mother's life is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Kinga Jelinska from the Polish <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////adt.pl///">Abortion Dream Team<\/strong><\/a> which aims to normalise pregnancy termination, said there is a strong demand for services.<\/p>\n<p>''We support 130 women to have an abortion every day, more than 100 take abortion pills at their own home, usually sourced from the internet, from Women Help Women, and from other reliable providers,'' she said.<\/p>\n<p>''Some of them travel abroad because they are more than 12 weeks pregnant and need to go to the clinic abroad. 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spite of being officially registered,\"\u00a0Marta Lempart, co-founder of the Polish Women\u2019s Strike movement, told Euronews Health. \n\nWomen's Strike organised mass anti-government protests across Poland in response to the further restricting of abortion laws. \n\n\"We are fighting for the legalisation and decriminalisation bills to be put into committee. This was the minimum that we deserved with the protests, with winning the elections,\" Lempart said. \n\nWomen's rights activists are concerned the ban could be the only proposal that goes to a commission based on the timing of the debates and the position of the parliament speaker Szymon Ho\u0142ownia, who comes from a minority conservative political group called Third Way. \n\n'Going above the mess in parliament' \n\nMultiple activist groups presented an invoice to the government as the debate on Thursday was set to take place, saying\u00a0that grassroots organisations have spent more than\u00a0\u20ac11.5 million helping to provide abortion access to Polish residents. \n\nThe activists said that thousands of Polish women have used this network to access abortion pills. \n\nThe current law means that a woman can only have an abortion if her life is at risk or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. \n\nThere have been cases, however, of women dying \u00a0as doctors waited to perform an abortion. \n\nIt's uncertain what will come next for the legislative proposals as conservative President Andrej Duda also holds veto power. \n\n\nThere were many watchers present outside the parliament, according to the Associated Press, with anti-abortion activists playing recordings that resembled church bells. \n\n\nLempart says activists will not wait and are bringing their fight to the EU level. \n\n\"We will be collecting 1 million signatures under just registered European Civic Initiative My Voice My Choice in seven countries so abortion is accessible in all of Europe. 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This was the minimum that we deserved with the protests, with winning the elections.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Marta Lempart\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Co-founder, Women\u2019s Strike\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We were supposed to watch the debate [with other women's rights organisations] but we were banned from watching the debate from the parliament gallery, in spite of being officially registered,\"\u00a0Marta Lempart, co-founder of the Polish Women\u2019s Strike movement, told Euronews Health.<\/p>\n<p>Women's Strike organised mass anti-government protests across Poland in response to the further restricting of abortion laws.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are fighting for the legalisation and decriminalisation bills to be put into committee. This was the minimum that we deserved with the protests, with winning the elections,\" Lempart said.<\/p>\n<p>Women's rights activists are concerned the ban could be the only proposal that goes to a commission based on the timing of the debates and the position of the parliament speaker Szymon Ho\u0142ownia, who comes from a minority conservative political group called Third Way.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8283528\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//03//04//french-lawmakers-to-vote-to-enshrine-abortion-rights-in-constitution/">France's parliament officially approves law to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>'Going above the mess in parliament'<\/h2><p>Multiple activist groups presented an invoice to the government as the debate on Thursday was set to take place, saying\u00a0that grassroots organisations have spent more than\u00a0\u20ac11.5 million helping to provide abortion access to Polish residents.<\/p>\n<p>The activists said that thousands of Polish women have used this network to access abortion pills.<\/p>\n<p>The current law means that a woman can only have an abortion if her life is at risk or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.<\/p>\n<p>There have been cases, however, of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//06//12//poland-to-issue-more-detailed-abortion-guidelines-after-another-pregnant-woman-dies/">women dying<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as doctors waited to perform an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>It's uncertain what will come next for the legislative proposals as conservative President Andrej Duda also holds veto power. <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8285908\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//03//05//womens-rights-activists-launch-effort-to-expand-abortion-rights-to-eu-level/">Women's rights activists launch effort to expand abortion rights to EU level <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There were many watchers present outside the parliament, according to the Associated Press, with anti-abortion activists playing recordings that resembled church bells. <\/p>\n<p>Lempart says activists will not wait and are bringing their fight to the EU level.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will be collecting 1 million signatures under just registered European Civic Initiative My Voice My Choice in seven countries so abortion is accessible in all of Europe. 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after Poland's local and regional elections on Sunday showed Prime Minister Donald Tusk 's pro-EU party trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December. But the socially liberal mayor of Warsaw, a Tusk ally, easily won another term in the capital. \n\nSunday's elections were the first electoral test for Tusk's coalition government nearly four months since it took power. Poles voted for mayors, local councilors and representatives to the nation's 16 regional assemblies. \n\nThe exit polls have a small margin of error and final results are not expected until Monday. But they indicated that Law and Justice, the conservative party that governed Poland from 2015-2023, remains a political force to be reckoned with in the nation of 38 million people. \n\nAccording to the Ipsos exit poll, Law and Justice won 33.7% of votes and Tusk's Civic Coalition won 31.9% in elections to the regional assemblies. \n\nLaw and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski declared victory, and said the result was a message to those who had counted the party out. \n\n\u201cAs Mark Twain once said, the news of my death is somewhat premature,\u201d Kaczynski said, loosely quoting the American author. \n\nRunoff votes will take place April 21 in cases where mayoral candidates did not win at least 50% of the vote. \n\nWarsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski will avoid a runoff after winning nearly 60% of the vote, according to the exit poll. Another Tusk ally, the mayor of Gdansk, also won outright. \n\nFor many, the results of Poland's local elections serve as a prelude to gauging the political mood ahead of the Europarliamentary elections. Poles feel that no election is detached from the European affairs, and every European election affects local ones. \n\n\"I always vote for those who accept that we belong to Europe. For me, both [affiliations] are related and obvious,\" one voter, Antoni, told Euronews. \n\nVoters on the other side of the political spectrum want to use their vote to signal their Euroscepticism to the EU institutions. \n\n\"I sent a message, a kind of warning message, \"STOP\" one as simply, yes, we are in the European Union, but we have to remember that Brexit happened,\" Jan, another voter, told Euronews. \n\nAccording to a Euronews\/Ipsos poll , the right-wing parties in Europe are gaining strength and popularity. Poland could exemplify this trend. \n\nSeveral other parties trailed the two main groups, including the Third Way coalition with a projected 13.5%, the Left with 6.8% and and the radical right-wing Confederation party with 7.5%. \n\nThe Third Way and the Left belong to Tusk's coalition at the national level. Together they won the last national election. The result spelled the end of eight years of rule by Law and Justice, which was accused by the European Union of violating democratic standards with changes to the judicial system and public media. \n\nTusk won on promises to reverse many of those changes and is trying to implement that programme, but it isn't easy. For example, a promise to liberalise the strict abortion law is being hampered by conservatives in Tusk\u2019s own coalition. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>An exit poll released after Poland's local and regional <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//04//07//polands-local-elections-test-tusks-new-government/">elections on Sunday showed Prime Minister <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//12//13//polands-new-pm-donald-tusk-sworn-in-completing-transition-of-power/">Donald Tusk<\/strong><\/a>'s pro-EU party trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December. But the socially liberal mayor of Warsaw, a Tusk ally, easily won another term in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday's elections were the first electoral test for Tusk's coalition government nearly four months since it took power. Poles voted for mayors, local councilors and representatives to the nation's 16 regional assemblies.<\/p>\n<p>The exit polls have a small margin of error and final results are not expected until Monday. But they indicated that Law and Justice, the conservative party that governed Poland from 2015-2023, remains a political force to be reckoned with in the nation of 38 million people.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ipsos exit poll, Law and Justice won 33.7% of votes and Tusk's Civic Coalition won 31.9% in elections to the regional assemblies.<\/p>\n<p>Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski declared victory, and said the result was a message to those who had counted the party out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Mark Twain once said, the news of my death is somewhat premature,\u201d Kaczynski said, loosely quoting the American author.<\/p>\n<p>Runoff votes will take place April 21 in cases where mayoral candidates did not win at least 50% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski will avoid a runoff after winning nearly 60% of the vote, according to the exit poll. Another Tusk ally, the mayor of Gdansk, also won outright.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1777051626496303212\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For many, the results of Poland's local elections serve as a prelude to gauging the political mood ahead of the Europarliamentary elections. Poles feel that no election is detached from the European affairs, and every European election affects local ones.<\/p>\n<p>\"I always vote for those who accept that we belong to Europe. For me, both [affiliations] are related and obvious,\" one voter, Antoni, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Voters on the other side of the political spectrum want to use their vote to signal their Euroscepticism to the EU institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\"I sent a message, a kind of warning message, \"STOP\" one as simply, yes, we are in the European Union, but we have to remember that Brexit happened,\" Jan, another voter, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//19//exclusive-euronews-poll-projects-pro-eu-grand-coalition-straining-but-still-alive/">Euronews//Ipsos poll<\/strong><\/a>, the right-wing parties in Europe are gaining strength and popularity. Poland could exemplify this trend.<\/p>\n<p>Several other parties trailed the two main groups, including the Third Way coalition with a projected 13.5%, the Left with 6.8% and and the radical right-wing Confederation party with 7.5%.<\/p>\n<p>The Third Way and the Left belong to Tusk's coalition at the national level. Together they won the last national election. The result spelled the end of eight years of rule by Law and Justice, which was accused by the European Union of violating democratic standards with changes to the judicial system and public media.<\/p>\n<p>Tusk won on promises to reverse many of those changes and is trying to implement that programme, but it isn't easy. 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Euronews reporter Julian Lopez travels to Warsaw to speak with activists and community members about their hopes - and fears - for the future.","summary":"The LGBTQ+ community in Poland has long advocated against the erosion of human rights after years of rule-of-law concerns. Euronews reporter Julian Lopez travels to Warsaw to speak with activists and community members about their hopes - and fears - for the future.","keySentence":"","url":"queer-in-poland-when-can-the-lgbtq-community-expect-equal-rights","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/04\/05\/queer-in-poland-when-can-the-lgbtq-community-expect-equal-rights","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Poland has the worst LGBTQ+ rights record in the European Union.\u00a0 ILGA-Europe , an LGBTQ+ advocacy network, connecting more than 700 organisations, placed Poland near the bottom of its 2023 Rainbow Europe Index \u00a0-\u00a0it\u00a0came in 42nd place out of 49 European countries and microstates for its recognition of gender and sexual equality. \n\n\nThe country's new liberal government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to address the policies affecting LGBTQ+ people, but activists fear that\u00a0significant legislative changes will take time because Tusk's government agenda is so full. \n\nUnder the previous ultra-conservative government, the spread of disinformation and hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community resulted in what activists describe as top-down polarisation. \n\n\"You can say whatever you want about the LGBTI community and you won't get punished. If you say the exact same words, something hateful against religious minorities, ethnic minorities and national minorities, then it will be a crime,\"\u00a0 Anna Mazurczak , a lawyer at the Polish Society of Antidiscrimination Law , told Euronews. \n\n\"What the government agreed on, actually, was that we should definitely amend the Criminal Code in order to make homophobic, transphobic hate speech a crime. And they prepared a bill, that we know for sure, but they are still processing it,\" Mazurczak added. \n\nPoland also has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Facilitating terminations is\u00a0illegal in Poland, help can only be provided if the pregnant person's life is in danger or they can prove that the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest. \n\nUndoing years of backsliding \n\nThe current laws governing LGBTQ+ rights and abortion were introduced by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal under the previous Law and Justice (PiS) government and led to years of conflict with Brussels and a rule-of-law dispute. \n\nLast year the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)\u00a0 ruled that Poland had breached EU law by introducing a reform in 2019 that prevented judges from questioning the appointment of other judges. \n\nPoland was placed under\u00a0 Article 7 \u00a0in 2017, an EU clause that\u00a0allows for EU membership rights to be suspended if a country seriously and persistently breaches EU principles. \n\nSubsequently, Brussels denied the previous government access to \u20ac76.5 billion in cohesion funds available for allocation between 2021 and 2027, mostly due to the decline in judicial independence and growing political interference in the courts. \n\nPoland was required to appear in regular hearings before other member states and account for the progression or regression of the rule of law. \n\nIn February, Polish officials travelled to Brussels to present an \"action plan\" of nine draft bills, aimed at restoring judicial independence from the country's highest tribunal to the lower courts. \n\nHowever, the ruling coalition will still need to rely on the support of opposition MPs to reform the laws governing LGBTQ+ rights and abortion because it does not have a majority in parliament. \n\nKrzysztof Bosak, the chairman of Konfederacja, a coalition of far-right parties in opposition, told Euronews:\u00a0\"We have our family law, we have our social values. In these social values, apart from the traditional approach to the family, there is also a lot of freedom when it comes to respect for how someone arranges their own life.\u00a0 \n\n\"Therefore, we do not actually have such a topic in the debate at the moment.\"\u00a0 \n\nBut Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic, an MP from the New Left Party argued that progress is being made, however slow. \"A new law regulating so-called civil partnerships has now been announced. Work on recommendations is underway, and the project won't certainly be abandoned this time,\" she said. \n\nLooking to the future \n\nAs it stands, same-sex marriage is not allowed in Poland. Euronews met with a same-sex couple hours before they were due to travel to Denmark to get married.\u00a0 \n\nPublisher El\u017cbieta and writer Renata have been together for three decades however their wedding won't have any legal value in Poland. \n\n\"We would prefer to get married in Poland, of course, but it's still impossible. We are in a relationship with each other for about 30 years. Many straight marriages don't last so long. And in Poland it's still impossible to recognise our relationship, even as a civil partnership,\" Renata said. \n\nMembers of the LGBTQ+ community also argue that the new law regulating civil partnerships does not go far enough. \n\n\u00a0\"As people who have formed same-sex relationships, we don't only care about having a legal partnership. We care about equality\", said Karolina, who parents two children with her partner Aleksandra.\u00a0 \n\nKarolina and Aleksandra have been together for 12 years but Karolina currently has no rights to her children as she is not the biological mother. \n\nMoving forward, Poland\u2019s progress on LGBTQ+ rights hinges on coalition politics.\u00a0Despite any potential consensus within the coalition, advances in this area remain contingent on the president's approval (PiS loyalist Andrzej Duda) and the judiciary\u2019s stance.\u00a0 \n\nWhile the political influence of PiS continues to generate uncertainty, pro-LGBTQ+ dynamics in public opinion and the efforts of the new government offer cautious optimism for advancements in legal rights. \n\nCivil servant S\u0142awek Wodzy\u0144ski, who has been with his partner, LGBTQ+ activist\u00a0Bart for ten years, concluded: \"It seems to me that politicians are not aware that the reality today is slightly different than it was 10 years ago. Civil society in Poland is now stronger. And they won't buy this smooth political talk\u201d. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland has the worst LGBTQ+ rights record in the European Union.\u00a0 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ilga-europe.org//about-us///">ILGA-Europe, an LGBTQ+ advocacy network, connecting more than 700 organisations, placed Poland near the bottom of its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ilga-europe.org//report//rainbow-europe-2023///">2023 Rainbow Europe Index<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0-\u00a0it\u00a0came in 42nd place out of 49 European countries and microstates for its recognition of gender and sexual equality. <\/p>\n<p>The country's new liberal government led by Prime Minister <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//30//polish-prime-minister-donald-tusk-warns-war-in-europe-a-real-threat/">Donald Tusk<\/strong><\/a> has promised to address the policies affecting LGBTQ+ people, but activists fear that\u00a0significant legislative changes will take time because Tusk's government agenda is so full.<\/p>\n<p>Under the previous ultra-conservative government, the spread of disinformation and hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community resulted in what activists describe as top-down polarisation.<\/p>\n<p>\"You can say whatever you want about the LGBTI community and you won't get punished. If you say the exact same words, something hateful against religious minorities, ethnic minorities and national minorities, then it will be a crime,\"\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.linkedin.com//in//anna-mazurczak-247a30144//?originalSubdomain=pl\%22>Anna Mazurczak<\/strong><\/a>, a lawyer at the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.ptpa.org.pl///">Polish Society of Antidiscrimination Law<\/strong><\/a>, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\"What the government agreed on, actually, was that we should definitely amend the Criminal Code in order to make homophobic, transphobic hate speech a crime. And they prepared a bill, that we know for sure, but they are still processing it,\" Mazurczak added.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8253156,8274944\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//02//20//poland-pitches-way-out-of-article-7-as-brussels-hails-positive-dynamic/">Poland pitches way out of Article 7 as Brussels hails 'positive dynamic'<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//02//29//breaking-down-the-137-billion-in-eu-funds-that-brussels-has-unfrozen-for-poland/">Breaking down the \u20ac137 billion in EU funds that Brussels has unfrozen for Poland<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Poland also has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Facilitating terminations is\u00a0illegal in Poland, help can only be provided if the pregnant person's life is in danger or they can prove that the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest.<\/p>\n<h3>Undoing years of backsliding<\/h3><p>The current laws governing LGBTQ+ rights and abortion were introduced by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal under the previous Law and Justice (PiS) government and led to years of conflict with Brussels and a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//02//20//poland-pitches-way-out-of-article-7-as-brussels-hails-positive-dynamic/">rule-of-law dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////curia.europa.eu//jcms//upload//docs//application//pdf//2023-06//cp230089en.pdf/">ruled <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//06//05//polands-legal-overhaul-violates-the-right-to-have-an-independent-and-impartial-judiciary-e/">that Poland had breached EU law by introducing a reform in 2019 that prevented judges from questioning the appointment of other judges.<\/p>\n<p>Poland was placed under\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ec.europa.eu//commission//presscorner//detail//en//IP_17_5367/">Article 7<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 2017, an EU clause that\u00a0allows for EU membership rights to be suspended if a country seriously and persistently breaches EU principles.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, Brussels denied the previous government access to \u20ac76.5 billion in cohesion funds available for allocation between 2021 and 2027, mostly due to the decline in judicial independence and growing political interference in the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Poland was required to appear in regular hearings before other member states and account for the progression or regression of the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Polish officials travelled to Brussels to present an \"action plan\" of nine draft bills, aimed at restoring judicial independence from the country's highest tribunal to the lower courts.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3sUKeSo7hX\/?hl=en\" class=\"widget widget--type-instagram widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C3sUKeSo7hX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//reel//C3sUKeSo7hX//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Ursula von der Leyen (@ursulavonderleyen)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.instagram.com//en_US//embeds.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>However, the ruling coalition will still need to rely on the support of opposition MPs to reform the laws governing LGBTQ+ rights and abortion because it does not have a majority in parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Krzysztof Bosak, the chairman of Konfederacja, a coalition of far-right parties in opposition, told Euronews:\u00a0\"We have our family law, we have our social values. In these social values, apart from the traditional approach to the family, there is also a lot of freedom when it comes to respect for how someone arranges their own life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Therefore, we do not actually have such a topic in the debate at the moment.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.562390158172232\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//33//01//20//808x454_cmsv2_e8cdc97d-4afe-55d9-9c6d-4492383ab296-8330120.jpg/" alt=\"MP Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/384x216_cmsv2_e8cdc97d-4afe-55d9-9c6d-4492383ab296-8330120.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/640x360_cmsv2_e8cdc97d-4afe-55d9-9c6d-4492383ab296-8330120.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/750x422_cmsv2_e8cdc97d-4afe-55d9-9c6d-4492383ab296-8330120.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/828x466_cmsv2_e8cdc97d-4afe-55d9-9c6d-4492383ab296-8330120.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/1080x607_cmsv2_e8cdc97d-4afe-55d9-9c6d-4492383ab296-8330120.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/1200x675_cmsv2_e8cdc97d-4afe-55d9-9c6d-4492383ab296-8330120.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/1920x1080_cmsv2_e8cdc97d-4afe-55d9-9c6d-4492383ab296-8330120.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">MP Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic, an MP from the New Left Party argued that progress is being made, however slow. \"A new law regulating so-called civil partnerships has now been announced. Work on recommendations is underway, and the project won't certainly be abandoned this time,\" she said.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking to the future<\/h3><p>As it stands, same-sex marriage is not allowed in Poland. Euronews met with a same-sex couple hours before they were due to travel to Denmark to get married.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Publisher El\u017cbieta and writer Renata have been together for three decades however their wedding won't have any legal value in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>\"We would prefer to get married in Poland, of course, but it's still impossible. We are in a relationship with each other for about 30 years. Many straight marriages don't last so long. And in Poland it's still impossible to recognise our relationship, even as a civil partnership,\" Renata said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.562390158172232\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//33//01//20//808x454_cmsv2_8797991f-f969-5f83-8e92-67ab9f8fe749-8330120.jpg/" alt=\"Publisher El\u017cbieta (L) with writer Renata (R) holding a box containing their wedding rings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/384x216_cmsv2_8797991f-f969-5f83-8e92-67ab9f8fe749-8330120.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/640x360_cmsv2_8797991f-f969-5f83-8e92-67ab9f8fe749-8330120.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/750x422_cmsv2_8797991f-f969-5f83-8e92-67ab9f8fe749-8330120.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/828x466_cmsv2_8797991f-f969-5f83-8e92-67ab9f8fe749-8330120.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/1080x607_cmsv2_8797991f-f969-5f83-8e92-67ab9f8fe749-8330120.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/1200x675_cmsv2_8797991f-f969-5f83-8e92-67ab9f8fe749-8330120.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/01\/20\/1920x1080_cmsv2_8797991f-f969-5f83-8e92-67ab9f8fe749-8330120.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Publisher El\u017cbieta (L) with writer Renata (R) holding a box containing their wedding rings<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Members of the LGBTQ+ community also argue that the new law regulating civil partnerships does not go far enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\"As people who have formed same-sex relationships, we don't only care about having a legal partnership. We care about equality\", said Karolina, who parents two children with her partner Aleksandra.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Karolina and Aleksandra have been together for 12 years but Karolina currently has no rights to her children as she is not the biological mother.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, Poland\u2019s progress on LGBTQ+ rights hinges on coalition politics.\u00a0Despite any potential consensus within the coalition, advances in this area remain contingent on the president's approval (PiS loyalist Andrzej Duda) and the judiciary\u2019s stance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the political influence of PiS continues to generate uncertainty, pro-LGBTQ+ dynamics in public opinion and the efforts of the new government offer cautious optimism for advancements in legal rights.<\/p>\n<p>Civil servant S\u0142awek Wodzy\u0144ski, who has been with his partner, LGBTQ+ activist\u00a0Bart for ten years, concluded: \"It seems to me that politicians are not aware that the reality today is slightly different than it was 10 years ago. 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humanitarian worker in Gaza has sparked a new diplomatic crisis between Poland and Israel.\u00a0 \n\nPolish President Andrzej Duda\u00a0criticised a comment by the Israeli ambassador as \"outrageous,\" while the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw said it was summoning him for a meeting. \n\nA 35-year-old Polish man was killed along with six others while distributing food to Palestinians under siege, working with the organisation World Central Kitchen. Israel has labelled the incident a \u201cmistake\u201d due to a misidentification, despite pictures showing that its vehicles were clearly marked. \n\nAmid shock in Poland over the death of the charity worker, Israel's ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, pushed back at what he said were attempts by the \u201cextreme right and left in Poland\u201d to accuse Israel of \"intentional murder in the attack\". \n\n\nHe said on social media on Tuesday that \u201cantisemites will always remain antisemites, and Israel will remain a democratic Jewish state that fights for its right to exist. Also for the good of the entire Western world\u201d. \n\n\nDuda on Thursday called the comment \u201coutrageous\u201d and described the ambassador as \u201cthe biggest problem for the state of Israel in relations with Poland\u201d. \n\nPolish president insisted authorities in Israel have spoken about the tragedy \u201cin a very subdued way\". \n\n\"Unfortunately, their ambassador to Poland is not able to maintain such delicacy and sensitivity, which is unacceptable,\u201d he said. \n\nPrime Minister Donald Tusk, while a political opponent of Duda's, voiced a similar position. \n\nHe said on Thursday that the comment had offended Poles and the ambassador should apologise. \n\nThe deputy foreign minister was quoted in the Polish media as saying that Livne was summoned to a meeting on Friday morning. \n\nA day earlier, Tusk published a comment on social media addressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Livne saying that \u201cthe vast majority of Poles showed full solidarity with Israel after the Hamas attack. Today you are putting this solidarity to a really hard test. The tragic attack on volunteers and your reaction arouse understandable anger\u201d. \n\nDuda on Thursday also called for Israel to pay \"appropriate compensation\" to the family of the aid worker, Damian Sob\u00f3l. \n\nSob\u00f3l had been on an aid mission to Gaza for the past six months following work in Ukraine, Morocco and Turkey. \n\nPolish and Israeli relations have recently been on the mend after several difficult years.\u00a0Ties were badly damaged due to disputes over how to remember Polish behaviour during the Holocaust, when Nazi Germany occupied Poland and carried out the mass murder of Jews. \n\nFor eight years until December, Poland had a nationalist government that played down Polish participation in the German killings of Jews and focused largely on Polish aid to Jews. Israel's government believed that approach amounted to historical distortion. \n\nIsrael also objected to a law that limited property restitution claims, something that affected the heirs of Polish Holocaust victims, and recalled its ambassador in 2021 before sending Livne the next year as ties improved. \n\nDuda said that \u201cwe agreed to have this representative finally be in Poland to facilitate Israel\u2019s relations with Poland,\u201d but that the ambassador now \u201cis making these relations more difficult.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The death of a Polish humanitarian worker in Gaza has sparked a new diplomatic crisis between Poland and Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polish President Andrzej Duda\u00a0criticised a comment by the Israeli ambassador as \"outrageous,\" while the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw said it was summoning him for a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>A 35-year-old Polish man was killed along with six others while distributing food to Palestinians under siege, working with the organisation World Central Kitchen. Israel has labelled the incident a \u201cmistake\u201d due to a misidentification, despite pictures showing that its vehicles were clearly marked.<\/p>\n<p>Amid shock in Poland over the death of the charity worker, Israel's ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, pushed back at what he said were attempts by the \u201cextreme right and left in Poland\u201d to accuse Israel of \"intentional murder in the attack\". <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-left\" data-ratio=\"1.25\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//35//28//60//808x1010_cmsv2_e5cf19bf-24f0-5c4e-ab0b-550bd54a2a74-8352860.jpg/" alt=\"Damian Sob\u00f3l of Poland, one of seven aid workers who were killed in Gaza Monday, April 1, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/28\/60\/384x480_cmsv2_e5cf19bf-24f0-5c4e-ab0b-550bd54a2a74-8352860.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/28\/60\/640x800_cmsv2_e5cf19bf-24f0-5c4e-ab0b-550bd54a2a74-8352860.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/28\/60\/750x938_cmsv2_e5cf19bf-24f0-5c4e-ab0b-550bd54a2a74-8352860.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/28\/60\/828x1035_cmsv2_e5cf19bf-24f0-5c4e-ab0b-550bd54a2a74-8352860.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/28\/60\/1080x1350_cmsv2_e5cf19bf-24f0-5c4e-ab0b-550bd54a2a74-8352860.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/28\/60\/1200x1500_cmsv2_e5cf19bf-24f0-5c4e-ab0b-550bd54a2a74-8352860.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/28\/60\/1920x2400_cmsv2_e5cf19bf-24f0-5c4e-ab0b-550bd54a2a74-8352860.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Damian Sob\u00f3l of Poland, one of seven aid workers who were killed in Gaza Monday, April 1, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He said on social media on Tuesday that \u201cantisemites will always remain antisemites, and Israel will remain a democratic Jewish state that fights for its right to exist. Also for the good of the entire Western world\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Duda on Thursday called the comment \u201coutrageous\u201d and described the ambassador as \u201cthe biggest problem for the state of Israel in relations with Poland\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Polish president insisted authorities in Israel have spoken about the tragedy \u201cin a very subdued way\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Unfortunately, their ambassador to Poland is not able to maintain such delicacy and sensitivity, which is unacceptable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Donald Tusk, while a political opponent of Duda's, voiced a similar position.<\/p>\n<p>He said on Thursday that the comment had offended Poles and the ambassador should apologise.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy foreign minister was quoted in the Polish media as saying that Livne was summoned to a meeting on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, Tusk published a comment on social media addressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Livne saying that \u201cthe vast majority of Poles showed full solidarity with Israel after the Hamas attack. Today you are putting this solidarity to a really hard test. The tragic attack on volunteers and your reaction arouse understandable anger\u201d.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8349990\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//04//04//gaza-is-the-most-lethal-place-in-the-world-to-be-an-aid-worker-says-irc/">Gaza: Anger at aid convoy strike continues as IRC warns of threat to humanitarian workers<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Duda on Thursday also called for Israel to pay \"appropriate compensation\" to the family of the aid worker, Damian Sob\u00f3l.<\/p>\n<p>Sob\u00f3l had been on an aid mission to Gaza for the past six months following work in Ukraine, Morocco and Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Polish and Israeli relations have recently been on the mend after several difficult years.\u00a0Ties were badly damaged due to disputes over how to remember Polish behaviour during the Holocaust, when Nazi Germany occupied Poland and carried out the mass murder of Jews.<\/p>\n<p>For eight years until December, Poland had a nationalist government that played down Polish participation in the German killings of Jews and focused largely on Polish aid to Jews. Israel's government believed that approach amounted to historical distortion.<\/p>\n<p>Israel also objected to a law that limited property restitution claims, something that affected the heirs of Polish Holocaust victims, and recalled its ambassador in 2021 before sending Livne the next year as ties improved.<\/p>\n<p>Duda said that \u201cwe agreed to have this representative finally be in Poland to facilitate Israel\u2019s relations with Poland,\u201d but that the ambassador now \u201cis making these relations more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1712298597,"updatedAt":1712324175,"publishedAt":1712303780,"firstPublishedAt":1712303783,"lastPublishedAt":1712315712,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Czarek Sokolowski and Ronen Zvulun\/AP, File ","altText":"Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 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AMAZON FINE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Polish regulators fine Amazon EU operator \u20ac7 million for \u2018misleading\u2019 customers ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Polish regulators fine Amazon \u20ac7 million for 'misleading' consumers","titleListing2":"Polish regulators fine Amazon EU operator \u20ac7 million for \u2018misleading\u2019 customers ","leadin":"Polish regulators found a Luxembourg-based operator for online retailer Amazon guilty of infringement of collective consumer interests and fined them \u20ac7.2 million.","summary":"Polish regulators found a Luxembourg-based operator for online retailer Amazon guilty of infringement of collective consumer interests and fined them \u20ac7.2 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When customers place an order, they receive a terms and conditions \u201ccontract\u201d with Amazon EU SARL. \n\nThe regulators found \u201cmisleading practices\u201d about when a sales contract is concluded and ambiguous rules for delivery dates and consumers\u2019 rights. \n\nThis led to what they called \u201cirregularities\u201d in how Amazon provides products through its website. \n\nCancelling but not refunding orders \n\n\u201cThe consumer should not be forced to take additional steps to check the reliability of \u2026 the information presented [on availability and delivery times],\u201d Tomasz Chr\u00f3stny, chairman of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), said in a statement last week. \n\nFor example, the UOKiK states that Amazon \u201crepeatedly\u201d cancelled e-reader orders. In some cases, customers weren\u2019t notified for over a month that their order was cancelled. \n\nAmazon can cancel paid orders, the Polish consumer watchdog added, because the sales contract does not start until a shipping notice is issued. \n\nThere is information about this process at the last stage of shopping, the UOKiK continued, but it \u201ccan be difficult to access\u201d. \n\nThe Polish watchdog added that phrases such as \u201cBuy Now\u201d and \u201cProceed to Checkout\u201d suggest that the consumer is entering a contract. \n\nProof of \u2018dark patterns\u2019 \n\nCustomers on the Amazon Poland website would notice a countdown timer that encouraged them to place orders within a certain time limit in return for faster shipping. \n\nWhat this does, according to UOKiK, is put \u201cpressure on the consumer to place an order as soon as possible,\u201d to get their products. The watchdog identified this practice as a dark pattern: a specific interface design that is made to trick users into taking specific actions. \n\nBut the UOKiK investigation found that Amazon would often miss their self-imposed shipping deadlines because they were either difficult to meet or were delayed due to a lack of stock. \n\nCustomers are often uninformed as well that Amazon issues refunds under a \u201cGuaranteed Delivery\u201d policy, where a package is supposed to reach the customer within a certain period of time, because the UOKiK said that information is difficult to access. \n\n\u201cInformation about the availability of a product and its fast shipping is very valuable for consumers and for many people, it can be the main reason why they make a purchase decision,\u201d Chr\u00f3stny added. \n\nThe press release noted that Amazon can appeal to the court over this fine which is not final. \n\nEuronews Next reached out to Amazon for comment. According to Reuters, the company will appeal the decision. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Polish regulators fined an Amazon operator \u20ac7.2 million (31 million zlotys) for \u201cmisleading consumers\u201d about how and when they would receive their purchases.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was against Amazon EU SARL, the Luxembourg-based operator of Amazon\u2019s Polish website.<\/p>\n<p>SARL provides \u201cwebsite features and other products and services\u201d to customers on Amazon landing sites or devices, according to the company\u2019s terms and conditions. When customers place an order, they receive a terms and conditions \u201ccontract\u201d with Amazon EU SARL.<\/p>\n<p>The regulators found \u201cmisleading practices\u201d about when a sales contract is concluded and ambiguous rules for delivery dates and consumers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>This led to what they called \u201cirregularities\u201d in how Amazon provides products through its website.<\/p>\n<h2>Cancelling but not refunding orders<\/h2><p>\u201cThe consumer should not be forced to take additional steps to check the reliability of \u2026 the information presented [on availability and delivery times],\u201d Tomasz Chr\u00f3stny, chairman of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), said in a statement last week.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the UOKiK states that Amazon \u201crepeatedly\u201d cancelled e-reader orders. In some cases, customers weren\u2019t notified for over a month that their order was cancelled.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8272012\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//02//28//amazon-lobbyists-banned-from-european-parliament-lawmakers-decide/">Amazon lobbyists banned from European Parliament, lawmakers decide <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Amazon can cancel paid orders, the Polish consumer watchdog added, because the sales contract does not start until a shipping notice is issued.<\/p>\n<p>There is information about this process at the last stage of shopping, the UOKiK continued, but it \u201ccan be difficult to access\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish watchdog added that phrases such as \u201cBuy Now\u201d and \u201cProceed to Checkout\u201d suggest that the consumer is entering a contract.<\/p>\n<h2>Proof of \u2018dark patterns\u2019<\/h2><p>Customers on the Amazon Poland website would notice a countdown timer that encouraged them to place orders within a certain time limit in return for faster shipping.<\/p>\n<p>What this does, according to UOKiK, is put \u201cpressure on the consumer to place an order as soon as possible,\u201d to get their products. The watchdog identified this practice as a dark pattern: a specific interface design that is made to trick users into taking specific actions.<\/p>\n<p>But the UOKiK investigation found that Amazon would often miss their self-imposed shipping deadlines because they were either difficult to meet or were delayed due to a lack of stock.<\/p>\n<p>Customers are often uninformed as well that Amazon issues refunds under a \u201cGuaranteed Delivery\u201d policy, where a package is supposed to reach the customer within a certain period of time, because the UOKiK said that information is difficult to access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInformation about the availability of a product and its fast shipping is very valuable for consumers and for many people, it can be the main reason why they make a purchase decision,\u201d Chr\u00f3stny added.<\/p>\n<p>The press release noted that Amazon can appeal to the court over this fine which is not final. <\/p>\n<p>Euronews Next reached out to Amazon for comment. 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POLAND INFLATION","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Poland's annual inflation slows to lowest rate in five years","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Poland's annual inflation slows to lowest rate in five years","titleListing2":"Poland's annual inflation slows to lowest rate in five years","leadin":"Lower prices for electricity, gas and other fuels helped Poland to slam the breaks on inflation.","summary":"Lower prices for electricity, gas and other fuels helped Poland to slam the breaks on inflation.","keySentence":"","url":"polands-annual-inflation-slows-to-lowest-rate-in-five-years","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/03\/29\/polands-annual-inflation-slows-to-lowest-rate-in-five-years","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Poland's annual rate of inflation\u00a0slowed to 1.9% in March 2024 from 2.8% in the previous month, beating market forecasts of 2.2%. \n\nNew figures published by Statistics 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unsold grain piled high, a Polish farmer faces an uncertain future as war in Ukraine grinds on","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"With unsold grain piled high, Polish farmer faces uncertainty amid war","titleListing2":"With unsold grain piled high, a Polish farmer faces an uncertain future as war in Ukraine grinds on","leadin":"The disruption of Ukrainian exports via the Black Sea led to a massive flow of grain across Poland's border with Ukraine, driving down prices for food products while inflation has caused production costs and interest rates on loans to rise.","summary":"The disruption of Ukrainian exports via the Black Sea led to a massive flow of grain across Poland's border with Ukraine, driving down prices for food products while inflation has caused production costs and interest rates on loans to rise.","keySentence":"","url":"with-unsold-grain-piled-high-a-polish-farmer-faces-an-uncertain-future-as-war-in-ukraine-g","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/03\/23\/with-unsold-grain-piled-high-a-polish-farmer-faces-an-uncertain-future-as-war-in-ukraine-g","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers. \n\nAll around him, grain is piled high in a warehouse on his farm north of the Polish capital: hundreds of tons of wheat, rye and corn left over from last year's harvest that he is unable to sell for a profit. \n\nWith a new harvest on the horizon, he feels pressure to sell what he has to prevent it from going bad. \n\n\u201cThe situation on our markets is really very, very tough,\" Korycki said. \u201cAnd if nothing changes, in a year or two it could become critical.\u201d \n\nKorycki\u2019s frustrations have pushed him to help organise protests that have been taking place in Poland for the past three months, part of protests by farmers across Europe. \n\nHis yard is filled with huge round bales of hay and modern farm equipment, evidence of the changes that came to agriculture in Poland since the country joined the European Union nearly 20 years ago. The family farms 200 hectares of wheat, rye, corn and sugar beets. \n\nThe 34-year-old, a farmer like his father and grandfather, says his business has been badly destabilised by Russia's war against Ukraine, a result of the EU deciding to allow free trade with Ukraine after the war started. \n\nThe disruption of Ukrainian exports via the Black Sea led to a massive flow of grain across Poland's border with Ukraine, driving down prices for food products while inflation has caused production costs and interest rates on loans to rise. \n\nKorycki didn't feel the pain for the first year of the war. Early on, the price of grain rose but then fell below its original level. While he managed to sell part of last year's harvest, he still has 300 tons of unsold grain. The surplus represents a loss of 100,000 zlotys (\u20ac23,000), which he calls \u201cvery large.\u201d \n\nIn the past, he would have taken the grain to the Baltic Sea coast to sell to buyers who export it abroad by ship. But with the price collapse, what he would get would not cover transport costs. He expects the best he can do is sell it closer to home as animal feed at a loss. \n\n\u201cIt's going to be critical because land prices are rising, prices of commodities for production remain at a high level and prices of the final product are simply going down constantly,\u201d he said. \n\nKorycki says the EU seems to have no idea of what to do with the grain, \u201cwhere to export it, on what terms, for what money, so this problem will only get worse.\u201d \n\nPoland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk acknowledges that the problem is real, and has been seeking relief for farmers in Brussels, where his voice carries weight after serving as president of the European Council from 2014-2019. \n\nTusk has said there are well over 20 million surplus tons of grain in storage in Europe, with 9 million tons in Poland alone. \n\n\u201cAnd the summer harvest hasn\u2019t started yet,\u201d Tusk said in late February. \u201cWe do not yet have the infrastructure that would allow this grain to be exported further.\u201d \n\nAdding to the anger of farmers across Europe are EU plans to fight climate change with policies called the Green Deal, which they say will create more administrative work and worsen financial burdens. \n\nThe calls of Europe's farmers have grown increasingly strident even though the European Commission has relented to their pressure by rolling back some environmental requirements \u2014 despite warnings by scientists that agricultural production must become more environmentally sustainable in a period of climate change. \n\nPaulina Sobiesiak-Penszko, a sociologist and agricultural expert at the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw, said the protests have become more radical, and asserted that they are being exploited by pro-Russian groups to drive an anti-Ukraine agenda. \n\nWhat is being lost, she argued, is the necessity of addressing the climate crisis, which requires new agricultural policies, and the needs of consumers, who among other things would benefit from less pesticide use in farming. \n\n\u201cThis voice of the consumers is not heard at all in the debate,\u201d she said. \n\nKorycki, as part of his work with a union representing farmers' interests, is encouraging other farmers to vote in the June election for the European Parliament. \n\n\u201cAll the problems start right there in the European Parliament,\u201d he said. \"We will try to make society aware so that the votes they cast will be well-thought-out and rational.\u201d \n\nHe believes the most rational choice is Confederation, a right-wing party that is anti-EU and has been one of the loudest voices in Poland against Ukrainian imports. \n\nKorycki said Confederation is the only party that seems to have answers to farmers' problems. He acknowledges that the EU has spurred development in the agricultural sector but believes life overall has not improved for his family. \n\n\u201cNothing comes for free,\u201d he said of the EU. \u201cWhat they gave us, they are now taking away.\u201d \n\nSobiesiak-Penszko believes that the rising frustration of farmers indicates that policymakers did not make their case well enough to farmers during the years they were planning changes. \n\n\u201cFarmers are not prepared for changes,\u201d she said. \u201cThey don't understand the purpose and sense of the green transformation.\u201d \n\nKorycki finds himself hoping that the war in Ukraine will end soon so that the situation can stabilise for him and fellow farmers across this central European nation of 38 million people. \n\nBeyond that, he doesn't really have a plan. He has taken loans for equipment that must be repaid and says farming isn't a profession a person can change on a whim. \n\n\u201cGenerations have worked for this,\u201d he said, sitting in the kitchen of his family home. \"There are some sentimental and family values here, but also long-term obligations.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers.<\/p>\n<p>All around him, grain is piled high in a warehouse on his farm north of the Polish capital: hundreds of tons of wheat, rye and corn left over from last year's harvest that he is unable to sell for a profit.<\/p>\n<p>With a new harvest on the horizon, he feels pressure to sell what he has to prevent it from going bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation on our markets is really very, very tough,\" Korycki said. \u201cAnd if nothing changes, in a year or two it could become critical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Korycki\u2019s frustrations have pushed him to help organise protests that have been taking place in Poland for the past three months, part of protests by farmers across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>His yard is filled with huge round bales of hay and modern farm equipment, evidence of the changes that came to agriculture in Poland since the country joined the European Union nearly 20 years ago. The family farms 200 hectares of wheat, rye, corn and sugar beets.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old, a farmer like his father and grandfather, says his business has been badly destabilised by Russia's war against Ukraine, a result of the EU deciding to allow free trade with Ukraine after the war started.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8310132,8296166\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//09//talks-between-polish-farmers-and-government-reach-dead-end/">Talks between Polish farmers and government reach dead end<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//15//polish-farmers-protest-against-ukrainian-imports-and-eu-green-deal/">Polish farmers protest against Ukrainian imports and EU Green Deal<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The disruption of Ukrainian exports via the Black Sea led to a massive flow of grain across Poland's border with Ukraine, driving down prices for food products while inflation has caused production costs and interest rates on loans to rise.<\/p>\n<p>Korycki didn't feel the pain for the first year of the war. Early on, the price of grain rose but then fell below its original level. While he managed to sell part of last year's harvest, he still has 300 tons of unsold grain. The surplus represents a loss of 100,000 zlotys (\u20ac23,000), which he calls \u201cvery large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, he would have taken the grain to the Baltic Sea coast to sell to buyers who export it abroad by ship. But with the price collapse, what he would get would not cover transport costs. He expects the best he can do is sell it closer to home as animal feed at a loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's going to be critical because land prices are rising, prices of commodities for production remain at a high level and prices of the final product are simply going down constantly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-left\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//74//84//808x539_cmsv2_cf92c17f-cdfe-5ed4-83e6-de0b063e1e01-8317484.jpg/" alt=\"Piotr Korycki, a 34-year-old Polish farmer, lets grain fall through his fingers on his farm in Cywiny Wojskie, Poland, on Monday March 18, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_cf92c17f-cdfe-5ed4-83e6-de0b063e1e01-8317484.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/640x427_cmsv2_cf92c17f-cdfe-5ed4-83e6-de0b063e1e01-8317484.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/750x500_cmsv2_cf92c17f-cdfe-5ed4-83e6-de0b063e1e01-8317484.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/828x552_cmsv2_cf92c17f-cdfe-5ed4-83e6-de0b063e1e01-8317484.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/1080x720_cmsv2_cf92c17f-cdfe-5ed4-83e6-de0b063e1e01-8317484.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/1200x800_cmsv2_cf92c17f-cdfe-5ed4-83e6-de0b063e1e01-8317484.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/1920x1280_cmsv2_cf92c17f-cdfe-5ed4-83e6-de0b063e1e01-8317484.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Piotr Korycki, a 34-year-old Polish farmer, lets grain fall through his fingers on his farm in Cywiny Wojskie, Poland, on Monday March 18, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Korycki says the EU seems to have no idea of what to do with the grain, \u201cwhere to export it, on what terms, for what money, so this problem will only get worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk acknowledges that the problem is real, and has been seeking relief for farmers in Brussels, where his voice carries weight after serving as president of the European Council from 2014-2019.<\/p>\n<p>Tusk has said there are well over 20 million surplus tons of grain in storage in Europe, with 9 million tons in Poland alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the summer harvest hasn\u2019t started yet,\u201d Tusk said in late February. \u201cWe do not yet have the infrastructure that would allow this grain to be exported further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the anger of farmers across Europe are EU plans to fight climate change with policies called the Green Deal, which they say will create more administrative work and worsen financial burdens.<\/p>\n<p>The calls of Europe's farmers have grown increasingly strident even though the European Commission has relented to their pressure by rolling back some environmental requirements \u2014 despite warnings by scientists that agricultural production must become more environmentally sustainable in a period of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Paulina Sobiesiak-Penszko, a sociologist and agricultural expert at the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw, said the protests have become more radical, and asserted that they are being exploited by pro-Russian groups to drive an anti-Ukraine agenda.<\/p>\n<p>What is being lost, she argued, is the necessity of addressing the climate crisis, which requires new agricultural policies, and the needs of consumers, who among other things would benefit from less pesticide use in farming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis voice of the consumers is not heard at all in the debate,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Korycki, as part of his work with a union representing farmers' interests, is encouraging other farmers to vote in the June election for the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-right\" data-ratio=\"0.6666253563018961\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//74//84//808x539_cmsv2_de68b2de-8c40-575c-9c8c-8d3cc52dcfc2-8317484.jpg/" alt=\"Tractors with a sing reading "We want to eat Polish bread!" line up to block a road near the German border in Swiecko at Slubice, Poland, Tuesday, March 19, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_de68b2de-8c40-575c-9c8c-8d3cc52dcfc2-8317484.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/640x427_cmsv2_de68b2de-8c40-575c-9c8c-8d3cc52dcfc2-8317484.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/750x500_cmsv2_de68b2de-8c40-575c-9c8c-8d3cc52dcfc2-8317484.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/828x552_cmsv2_de68b2de-8c40-575c-9c8c-8d3cc52dcfc2-8317484.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/1080x720_cmsv2_de68b2de-8c40-575c-9c8c-8d3cc52dcfc2-8317484.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/1200x800_cmsv2_de68b2de-8c40-575c-9c8c-8d3cc52dcfc2-8317484.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/74\/84\/1920x1280_cmsv2_de68b2de-8c40-575c-9c8c-8d3cc52dcfc2-8317484.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tractors with a sing reading "We want to eat Polish bread!" line up to block a road near the German border in Swiecko at Slubice, Poland, Tuesday, March 19, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ebrahim Noroozi\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll the problems start right there in the European Parliament,\u201d he said. \"We will try to make society aware so that the votes they cast will be well-thought-out and rational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He believes the most rational choice is Confederation, a right-wing party that is anti-EU and has been one of the loudest voices in Poland against Ukrainian imports.<\/p>\n<p>Korycki said Confederation is the only party that seems to have answers to farmers' problems. 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