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The Polish constitutional crisis, also known as the Polish rule-of-law crisis, is a political conflict ongoing since 2015 in which the Polish government has been accused of failing to comply with European and Polish constitutional law.
Added to this was the breaking down of workers' negotiating power. The shock operation meant consenting to the introduction of the worst variety of capitalism into Poland." [31] Balcerowicz was also criticized by Polish economist and former Finance Minister Grzegorz Kołodko, who described Balcerowicz Plan as "shock without therapy". Kołodko ...
The political system is defined in the Polish Constitution, which also guarantees a wide range of individual freedoms. The judicial branch plays a minor role in politics, apart from the Constitutional Tribunal , which can annul laws that violate the freedoms guaranteed in the constitution.
Poland's two main political parties laid out policies on areas including retirement and taxes on Saturday, squaring off with only weeks to go before a closely-fought election. The ruling Law and ...
According to Polish political scientist Michał Sutowski, the defining effect of Balcerowicz Plan was pauperisation of the budgetary sphere, especially the spheres such as health and education. Austerity at the expense of administration and public services that defined the reform led to the pauperisation of the ‘middle class of the public ...
Two of the biggest losers were Civic Platform and the Polish People's Party. PO suffered its worst result in a parliamentary election in ten years, ending eight years of political dominance. The PSL, the junior partner in the outgoing government, had its worst result in 25 years (5.13%), just crossing the 5% threshold by a few thousand votes.
Repair Poland: Piotr Szumlewicz 19 March 1976 (49) Warsaw, Masovian: Leader of the Alternative Trade Union (2019–present) Independent Rafał Trzaskowski. 17 January 1972 (53) Warsaw, Masovian: Mayor of Warsaw (2018–present) 2020 Polish presidential election second round Civic Coalition [b] Waldemar Witkowski. 29 October 1953 (71) Poznań ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's government expects the economy to weaken next year as a years-long period of high growth tapers off.