The largest march held in Poland since 1989

On Saturday, about 250,000 people gathered in Warsaw in a pro-EU march under the slogan "We are and we will remain in Europe." The march was organized by the Committee for the Defence of Democracy (Komitet Obrony Demokracji, KOD), the opposition party - Civic Platform (PO), Nowoczesna and the Polish People's Party (PSL). The protest was the latest in a string of demonstrations against reforms to the constitutional tribunal, public media, civil service and surveillance laws by the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which came to power in a landslide October election win. Tens of thousands were protesting at sweeping changes introduced by Poland's ruling conservatives, while a smaller counter-march voiced opposition to interference by Brussels in Polish affairs. Protesters at the anti-government march demonstrated against what they claim is the violation of democratic and European values by Poland's ruling party. Police said 45,000 anti-government demonstrators took to the streets, while Warsaw City Hall gave a vastly different estimate, putting the figure at 250,000.