The extension of the state of emergency is getting closer
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President Andrzej Duda announced that he would sign the government's motion to extend the state of emergency for another 60 days. At the Tuesday meeting, the Council of Ministers recognized that such a solution is necessary for the view of the growing hybrid attack by Belarus on the border with Poland, which at the same time means an attack on the external border of the EU.
“The pressure on the border is increasing. Today until 17:00 there were 354 attempts to illegally cross the border. It's a record. The problem still exists. It seems that the introduction of this state of emergency for the next 60 days will be justified,” Andrzej Duda said, citing information from the chief of the border guard.
The state of emergency, introduced on September 2, covers 183 localities in the border zone with Belarus. It was ordered for 30 days by President Duda's decree, issued at the request of the council of ministers. At that time, government representatives justified the need to introduce a state of emergency with the situation on the border with Belarus, where Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime was already waging a hybrid war, as well as it ran with the Russian military exercises Zapad 2021.
