Tag Archives: politics

Sikorski remains Sejm speaker

November 7, 2014 Main News
Sejm Speaker Radosław Sikorski, a former foreign affairs minister, survived a no confidence vote on Friday morning. Only 146 voted in favor of the motion filed by Law and Justice, while 240 were against it and 48 abstained from voting.

Komorowski with record-high trust

October 23, 2014 Main News
Among Polish politicians, President Bronisław Komorwski is being trusted the most with 80 percent of respondents trusting him, according to the latest CBOS poll. This result is one percent higher than the month before and is a record-high. Second in line is the new PM Ewa Kopacz with 59 percent peop...

Rostowski to head PM’s advisor team

October 10, 2014 Main News
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz will offer former Deputy PM and Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski the position of her head advisor, according to sources quoted by the Polish Press Agency (PAP). He will be a member of the council of ministers.

Locked content New party on the horizon?

October 1, 2014 Poland AM
Former members of Your Move, the political party led by controversial Janusz Palikot, are about to establish a new grouping, reports Rzeczpospolita. The new party will most likely be called Polska Liberalna (Liberal Poland). It should include such politicians as Armand Ryfiński, Artur Dębski and Win...

Locked content Support for ruling party rises

September 18, 2014 Poland AM
In a September poll carried out by CBOS, 38 percent of the respondents were willing to vote for the ruling Civic Platform, according to data quoted by the Polish Press Agency. The party gained 12 percentage points since the previous month. Support for main opposition party Law and Justice with Polan...

Locked content Three MPs leave their parties

August 26, 2014 Poland AM
Three members of the lower house of the Polish parliament have left the political parties, Polish media reported on Tuesday. Jerzy Ziętek left the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party. “I needed to leave PO in order to pursue my political plans,” Ziętek told Polish Radio. Polish Television meanwhile rep...

Locked content Right-wing parties join forces

July 19, 2014 Poland AM
Main opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) and two other right-wing groupings, Solidarna Polska and Poland Together, signed a cooperation agreement on Saturday, following weeks of negotiation. Party leaders, Jarosław Kaczyński, Zbigniew Ziobro and Jarosław Gowin, appeared together at a gathering or...

Locked content Civic Platform losing support – poll

July 18, 2014 Poland AM
Support for the ruling Civic Platform has dropped by 5 percentage points over the last month, according to a poll carried out by TNS Polska. Only 23 percent of the respondents said they would vote for the party in parliamentary elections. A month ago the figure was 28 percent. Main opposition party ...

Locked content Ziobro offers to quit politics

July 14, 2014 Poland AM
Zbigniew Ziobro, leader of the Solidarna Polska party, told TVP Info on Monday that he was ready to quit politics if this was necessary for the sake of uniting Poland’s political right wing. “If I am an obstacle for [Law and Justice leader] Jarosław Kaczyński, it’s hard luck,” Ziobro said. “It’s onl...

Locked content Gowin and Ziobro join forces, Kaczyński calls for unity

July 14, 2014 Poland AM
Politicians Jarosław Gowin and Zbigniew Ziobro, leaders of the Poland Together and Solidarna Polska parties, have announced the launch of their mutual parliamentary caucus, Sprawiedliwa Polska (“Fair Poland”). The caucus will include at least 15 Mps, they said on Friday. Gowin will be the head of th...