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Italian populist Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is set to meet with Polish Law and Justice (PiS) Party leader Jarosław Kaczyński as Italian mayors are divided on his migration and security decree.

Populist sentiment poses a “fundamental threat” to the EU, European Council president Donald Tusk has said, proclaiming next year’s elections a battle between pro-sovereignty “brownshirts” and plans for a globalist superstate ruled from Brussels.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has spoken in praise of patriotism, saying that it helps his nation “build our modern identity.”

President of the European Council Donald Tusk has said that Poland could leave the European Union if it continues to clash with the bloc over migrants and judicial reform.

Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczyński has waded into the European burqa debate, saying it should be banned partly for security reasons, and partly to make it clear to Islamic radicals that they cannot demand more rights in Europe than Europeans have in Saudi Arabia.

WARSAW, Poland — Polish victims of World War II should be able to claim 440 billion euros ($543 billion) from Germany in World War II damages, the head of a parliamentary commission said Thursday.

Nigel Farage has urged Hungary and Poland to keep criticising and “rebelling” against the European Union (EU), as the bloc’s unelected leaders use authoritarian sanctions to suppress elected governments and their policies.

European Commission First Vice-president Frans Timmermans has confirmed the EU executive is seeking to impose unprecedented sanctions on conservative Poland.

As Theresa May prepares to visit Poland and the European Commission prepares to launch sanctions against it, the European Parliament’s chosen Brexit negotiator is demanding the Prime Minister condemn Warsaw to prove Britain’s loyalty to “EU values”.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill changing the appointment process for the judicial panel that nominates judges, part of a broader overhaul of the country’s justice system.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister-designate, Mateusz Morawiecki, says he dreams of Europe becoming “re-Christianised” and is defending the migration policies of his ruling party which have caused tensions with the European Union.

The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has launched an astonishing attack on the Polish government, calling his ability to act as an honest broker between EU member-states into question.

Poland has hit back after the European Parliament voted in support of launching sanctions against it.

Both ruling parties in Hungary and Poland are seeing a surge in public backing following their sustained rejection of internationalist bodies’ pro-mass migration policies, signalling citizens prefer governments that stand by conservative values and protect their nations’ borders.

A senior eurocrat has accused Poland of “abdicating” its leading role in Central Europe by refusing to bend to the EU’s demands on migrant quotas and internal judicial reforms, and warned the country poses a greater existential threat to the bloc than Brexit.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Ministry says the nation’s permanent representative to the European Union has stepped down and the resignation has been accepted.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish investigators questioned Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, for more than eight hours Thursday as a witness in an investigation into the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski — a case widely seen as an attempt to discredit and humiliate the EU leader by his longtime rival.

Chairman of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party Jarosław Kaczyński has vowed to ignore the European Union’s threats and the veto of Polish President Andrzej Duda and push forward the controversial judicial reforms that have sparked protests across the country.

Poland’s Senate on Saturday approved long-promised reforms to the country’s judicial system which have been fiercely opposed by Brussels and left wing protesters. To become law, the populist ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s draft bill for reforms  — which

A senior Polish government spokesman has accused the protesters blocking streets in Warsaw Thursday night and Friday of not respecting democracy, remarking the Law and Justice (PiS) government was elected with a mandate to enact the very reforms being protested.

President Trump was given a rapturous welcome as he arrived in Poland, with huge crowds turning out to cheer his public address at the site of the Warsaw Uprising memorial in Warsaw.

President Donald J. Trump has said the West faces an existential challenge to “defend our civilisation”, hailing Poland as an example of a nation ready to defend itself and its values.

President Donald Trump has praised Poland for their commitment to NATO spending, holding them up as an example to other members who despite years of opportunity have failed to meet their treaty obligations in a joint press conference in Warsaw, Poland Thursday.

The chairman of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) delivered a message of defiance to the European Union at his party’s annual conference.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s leading politician said Saturday that other European nations are envious that U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to visit Warsaw before a summit in Germany with other world leaders.

A presenter on the BBC’s international radio service has had a furious debate with a Polish MP after she dismissed the views of the Polish people and berated his country’s resistance to EU migrant quotas.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Judges in Poland took a 30-minute break from court sessions Thursday to protest government plans to restructure a council that enforces judicial ethics and evaluates judgeship candidates, saying the changes would leave them open to political influence.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s main opposition party said Friday it is seeking a parliamentary vote of no-confidence against the conservative government which, it said, is “demolishing” the country and wants to bring it out of the European Union.

WARSAW (AFP) – Polish media on Friday underscored their country’s isolation in the European Union after the bloc’s leaders re-elected liberal Donald Tusk as president despite strident opposition from the rightwing government in his native Poland.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says the nation owes its freedom to anti-communist fighters who did not lay down arms after World War II.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish government will oppose a second term for fellow Pole Donald Tusk as the European Council chief at next week’s EU summit, the head of Poland’s conservative ruling party said Tuesday.

An unprecedented attempt by the European Union’s unelected executive to alter national policy in Poland, on the basis of supposed “rule of law” deficiencies, will end in failure, as Hungary refuses to support sanctions. The European Commission was attempting to

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Ministry says it has written to the European Union in response to the bloc’s recommendations on rule of law in the country, the latest step in a standoff between Warsaw’s populist government and EU officials concerned about weakening democratic standards.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s most powerful politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, says it’s not in his country’s interests for Donald Tusk to serve a second term as head of the European Council, a key European Union leadership position.

Declaring its conservative government a threat to ‘European values’, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the European Union (EU) to consider activating a mechanism dubbed the ‘nuclear option’ against Poland.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of students gathered Wednesday in Warsaw and other Polish cities to protest the country’s populist and nationalist government, with a range of demands that includes better ties with the European Union and protecting the environment.