Questions tagged [poland]
Questions related to the government or politics regarding the Republic of Poland.
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Was president Duda a steadfast supporter of asylum rights even when PiS was holding the cabinet?
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Poland’s president on Wednesday condemned the government’s contentious plan to suspend the right to asylum for irregular migrants, calling it a “fatal mistake.”
President Andrzej Duda, whose ...
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Why do Polish people view Russia unfavorably?
Poles hold the most negative views of Russia among all countries
included in a new global survey by the Pew Research Center, which also
shows that attitudes towards the United States, NATO and the ...
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Has the EU or EC done anything to stop laborers from North Korea from being exploited in Poland?
"I could feel the tremendous fear he was going through. The fear that
something horrible would happen to his family because he did not
return to North Korea," says Kati Piri, a Dutch Social ...
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Was the takeover of Polish state media constitutional?
In December 2023, after the formation of Donald Tusk's coalition government, the Sejm adopted a resolution about "restoring the legal order and the impartiality and integrity of the public media&...
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Which Polish political parties are supporting the blockade of their border with Ukraine?
There's been a partial blockade of Ukraine's borders by Polish truckers and farmers since the beginning of November, punctuated by various short breaks.
Polish drivers have been blocking several ...
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What laws did Duda veto?
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Duda, originally a European Parliament backbencher from the Law and Justice (PiS) party before becoming president in 2015, has long been loyal to the nationalist party.
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In Poland, can one vote in a different constituency (without doing any prior paperwork or moving)? How does this work?
My understanding was that in most elections around the world, one must vote in the constituency that one is resides in or is registered in. To vote somewhere else, one must do some paperwork and/or ...
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What caused the deterioration of relations between Poland and Ukraine?
My source is the BBC World News, but in short Poland had recently stopped supplying Ukraine with weapons/wartime aid. According to the report, there was a disagreement regarding cheap grain prices ...
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Why is Poland purchasing military hardware from South Korea?
In recent years Poland ordered/purchased a lot of military hardware from S. Korea.
• K2 Black Panther Tanks - Poland signed a contract in 2019 to purchase 180 K2 tanks from South Korea. The K2 is an ...
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Why do Poland and Lithuania push for NATO membership for Ukraine instead of sending troops to Ukraine directly?
Lithuanian and Polish presidents visit Kyiv, back Ukraine's path to NATO
Lithuania and Poland are in favor of Ukraine joining NATO. Presumably, this is because they view it as NATO's duty to protect ...
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Has Poland also ever tried to demand reparations from Slovakia?
Poland is demanding reparations from Germany and it even would like to demand reparations from Russia. Both countries have invaded Poland in 1939, but Germany and Russia (USSR) were not the only ...
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Why did Poland call up the military reserve in December 2022?
Why has Poland called up the reserve of 200,000 when their existing manpower is 150,000?
Polish president Duda has suddenly visited the Ukrainian city of Lviv. Some political commentators believe he ...
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What is the current status of EU payments to Poland (2022-11)?
During a discussion with Polish acquaintances about the current situation in Poland, the topic of EU payments was raised for a moment. The core of the discussion was about the war in Ukraine and I ...
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Why is Poland demanding $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany, but not $x trillions from Russia?
It's a safe assumption that Russia won't pay a dime. However, comparing 5+ years of German vs 's 50-ish years of Russian occupation, couldn't Poland make a point about the colonial damaged caused by ...
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Why does Poland give away so much monetary aid to Ukraine even though they took a lion's share of the Ukrainian refugees?
Why does Poland give away so much monetary aid to Ukraine even though it took two thirds of the Ukrainian refugees?
Do they have a budget surplus?
Is the Polish popular opinion pressing the government?...
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