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Italian worker dies after delivering parcel in the hottest time of day<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//11//torrential-rain-and-soaring-temperatures-europe-gripped-by-extreme-weather/">Extreme weather in Europe: Norway considers more evacuations, Portugal forest fires, Spain heatwave<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The government has advised to remain indoors with air conditioning when possible.<\/p>\n<p>If outdoor activities are necessary, frequently rest in shaded areas and avoid activity during the hottest times of the day. Stay well-hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids, avoid alcoholic beverages, which are dehydrating, and drink water that is bottled or has been boiled.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692116113,"publishedAt":1692167969,"updatedAt":1692171728,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/16\/poland-heat-warning-as-temperatures-set-to-exceed-30c","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/46\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f88aa167-9b59-5376-875a-8eeec91722a3-7824664.jpg","altText":"High temperatures in Poland.","caption":"High temperatures in Poland.","captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Czarek Sokolowski","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3427,"height":2392}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":230,"slug":"poland","urlSafeValue":"poland","title":"Poland","titleRaw":"Poland"},{"id":12944,"slug":"climate","urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate","titleRaw":"Climate"},{"id":301,"slug":"weather","urlSafeValue":"weather","title":"Weather","titleRaw":"Weather"},{"id":12493,"slug":"heatwave","urlSafeValue":"heatwave","title":"Heatwave","titleRaw":"Heatwave"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2342270},{"id":2343648},{"id":2343932}],"technicalTags":[],"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":73600,"editor":null,"filesizeBytes":9444344,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/16\/en\/230816_NWSU_52766534_52766560_73600_093652_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":73600,"editor":null,"filesizeBytes":14515704,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/16\/en\/230816_NWSU_52766534_52766560_73600_093652_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x8n8m0s","youtubeId":"_aFto2EiNAU"},"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":230,"urlSafeValue":"poland","title":"Poland","url":"\/news\/europe\/poland"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gs_science','gs_science_environ','gs_science_environment','gt_negative','gs_science_weather','gs_science_geography'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/2023\/08\/16\/poland-heat-warning-as-temperatures-set-to-exceed-30c","lastModified":1692171728},{"id":2345122,"cid":7819566,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230813_NWSU_52743744","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Polish government plans referendum on rejecting 'thousands of illegal immigrants'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Polish government plans referendum to reject illegal immigrants","titleListing2":"Polish government plans referendum to reject illegal immigrants","leadin":"Provisionally planned for the same day as this October's election, the referendum is a poke in the eye to another EU-wide policy as Warsaw and Brussels clash over Poland's alleged democratic erosion.","summary":"Provisionally planned for the same day as this October's election, the referendum is a poke in the eye to another EU-wide policy as Warsaw and Brussels clash over Poland's alleged democratic erosion.","url":"polish-government-plans-referendum-on-rejecting-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Poland's ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting \"thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa\" as part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister said Sunday, as his conservative party seeks to stave off a challenge from the political opposition. \n\n\nPrime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the referendum question in a new video published on social media. It indicated that his party, Law and Justice, is seeking to use migration in his general election campaign, a tactic that helped it take power in 2015. \n\nThe government has previously said it wants to hold the referendum alongside the fall parliamentary election, which is scheduled for October 15th. \n\nAccording to Morawiecki, the question would be: \"Do you support the admission of thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa under the forced relocation mechanism imposed by the European bureaucracy?\" \n\nKeep out \n\nEuropean Union interior ministers in June endorsed a plan to share out responsibility for migrants entering Europe without authorisation, the root of one of the bloc's longest-running political crises. \n\nThe ministers endorsed a deal balancing the obligation for countries where most migrants arrive to process and lodge them against the requirement for other members to provide support, whether financial or by hosting refugees. \n\nEurope's asylum system collapsed eight years ago after well over a million people entered \u2013 most of them fleeing conflict in Syria \u2013 and overwhelmed reception capacities in Greece and Italy, in the process sparking one of the EU's biggest political crises. \n\nThe 27 EU nations have bickered ever since over which countries should take responsibility for people arriving without authorisation, and whether other members should be obliged to help them cope. \n\nLaw and Justice has long been in conflict with the 27-member European Union over a perception by the bloc that the Warsaw government's changes to the judiciary and media amount to democratic erosion. \n\n\nBrussels is now taking legal action over a new law establishing a special committee to investigate \"Russian influence\" in Poland. The plan has been heavily criticised as a thinly veiled attempt to delegitimise opposition politicians, notably Donald Tusk, and effectively prevent them from gaining power. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland's ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting \"thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa\" as part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister said Sunday, as his conservative party seeks to stave off a challenge from the political opposition. <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the referendum question in a new video published on social media. It indicated that his party, Law and Justice, is seeking to use migration in his general election campaign, a tactic that helped it take power in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The government has previously said it wants to hold the referendum alongside the fall parliamentary election, which is scheduled for October 15th.<\/p>\n<p>According to Morawiecki, the question would be: \"Do you support the admission of thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa under the forced relocation mechanism imposed by the European bureaucracy?\"<\/p>\n<h2>Keep out<\/h2><p>European Union interior ministers in June endorsed a plan to share out responsibility for migrants entering Europe without authorisation, the root of one of the bloc's longest-running political crises.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers endorsed a deal balancing the obligation for countries where most migrants arrive to process and lodge them against the requirement for other members to provide support, whether financial or by hosting refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Europe's asylum system collapsed eight years ago after well over a million people entered \u2013 most of them fleeing conflict in Syria \u2013 and overwhelmed reception capacities in Greece and Italy, in the process sparking one of the EU's biggest political crises.<\/p>\n<p>The 27 EU nations have bickered ever since over which countries should take responsibility for people arriving without authorisation, and whether other members should be obliged to help them cope.<\/p>\n<p>Law and Justice has long been in conflict with the 27-member European Union over a perception by the bloc that the Warsaw government's changes to the judiciary and media amount to democratic erosion. <\/p>\n<p>Brussels is now <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//06//07//the-european-commission-launches-legal-action-against-poland-over-russian-influence-law/">taking legal action<\/a><\/strong> over a new law establishing a special committee to investigate \"Russian influence\" in Poland. The plan has been heavily criticised as a thinly veiled attempt to delegitimise opposition politicians, notably Donald Tusk, and effectively prevent them from gaining power.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691915396,"publishedAt":1691916702,"updatedAt":1691916705,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/13\/polish-government-plans-referendum-on-rejecting-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/95\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0165c9ce-2c45-58c2-b051-8eca58b6a459-7819566.jpg","altText":"Polish president Mateusz Morawiecki.","caption":"Polish president Mateusz Morawiecki.","captionCredit":"AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5000,"height":2811}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":230,"slug":"poland","urlSafeValue":"poland","title":"Poland","titleRaw":"Poland"},{"id":105,"slug":"european-union","urlSafeValue":"european-union","title":"European Union","titleRaw":"European Union"},{"id":147,"slug":"immigration","urlSafeValue":"immigration","title":"Immigration","titleRaw":"Immigration"},{"id":13450,"slug":"migration","urlSafeValue":"migration","title":"migration","titleRaw":"migration"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2333422},{"id":2336440},{"id":2343372}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"euronews.byenglishwebteam"},{"path":"euronews"}],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":230,"urlSafeValue":"poland","title":"Poland","url":"\/news\/europe\/poland"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_politics','sm_politics','gs_politics_issues_policy','gs_politics_misc','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gb_sensitive_high_med','gb_sensitive_high_med_low','gb_sensitive_news-ent','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_law','custom_politics_brussels','gs_law_misc','castrol_negative_uk','gt_mixed','neg_saudiaramco','gs_politics_elections','neg_citi_campaign','gb_crime_edu','gb_crime_high_med_low'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/2023\/08\/13\/polish-government-plans-referendum-on-rejecting-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants","lastModified":1691916705},{"id":2343434,"cid":7814972,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230810_NWWB_52722126","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Does the EU want to ban mushroom picking in Poland?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Does the EU want to ban mushroom picking in Poland?","titleListing2":"\ud83c\udf44 A member of Poland\u2019s ruling party is claiming the EU is trying to ban the \u201cbasic freedom\u201d of mushroom picking in the country. Is this another election stunt or are the claims legitimate? ","leadin":"A member of Poland\u2019s ruling party is claiming the EU is trying to ban the \u201cbasic freedom\u201d of mushroom picking in the country. Is this another election stunt or are the claims legitimate?","summary":"A member of Poland\u2019s ruling party is claiming the EU is trying to ban the \u201cbasic freedom\u201d of mushroom picking in the country. Is this another election stunt or are the claims legitimate?","url":"does-the-eu-want-to-ban-mushroom-picking-in-poland","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Polish government organised so-called \"family picnics\" across the country recently to reinforce their key electoral promise of protecting and nurturing the country\u2019s traditional unions. \n\nAt another event, Deputy Prime Minister Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski claimed that mushroom picking was an essential freedom for the Polish people that is being threatened by the EU. \n\n\u201cWe have this freedom, we go mushroom picking. A huge part of Poles goes mushroom picking \u2026 it is part of our freedom and we will not let this freedom be taken away from us,\u201d he said in Che\u0142m. \n\nKaczy\u0144ski reiterated this claim earlier this week in an interview with the right-wing Sieci weekly magazine, pinning the blame for this freedom allegedly under threat on EU policies and his party\u2019s main opponent in the upcoming elections, Donald Tusk. \n\n\u201cIf Tusk returns to power, he will sell out everything \u2026 And now Polish forests will be taken over by Brussels. Tusk was sent here to make it easier for them,\u201d he continued. \n\nFree spore-picking for everyone \n\nEU-sceptical politicians have often claimed that the bloc aims to place arbitrary and even borderline ridiculous limits on benign activities. \n\nFormer UK PM Boris Johnson often parroted claims like this, such as the persistent disinformation that \u201cbendy bananas\u201d are not allowed. \n\nSeveral news outlets have dispelled these rumours, explaining that the EU merely came up with a unified classification system for bananas based on their shape and deformities so that buyers know what they get when they order them. \n\nWith regard to mushrooms, the EU has encouraged limits that pertain to the quantity of mushrooms a private individual can pick for their own use. \n\nBut member states have differing policies on the ground. According to the independent Polish outlet Oko Press, Polish and Czech law place no limits on how much can be foraged on average. In the latter case, it is considered akin to a sport, with the Czech Hydrometerological Institute publishing maps that indicate the best conditions for mushroom picking. \n\nFrance and Germany, on the other hand, have a limit of 250 grammes or a basket-full of mushrooms, respectively. \n\nThe reason for these limits is to prevent people from arriving with trucks and picking several kilogrammes of mushrooms at a time. \n\nIn the Netherlands, people can only pick mushrooms on their own land. \n\nAccording to the Article 4 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, certain competences can be shared between the EU and members states and they can pertain to the internal market, transport, the environment, agriculture and fisheries. Forestry is not among those. \n\nEven if Brussels does decide to bring the EU to the fore of these competences, this tool would only apply if it is deemed that it can do a much better job than the member state at handling a certain issue. It is not an obligation, and exceptions are more common than implementations of the rule. \n\nCrucially, they can not decide to sell or take control of Polish forests \u2014 and its mushrooms \u2014 on a whim. \n\nAll about the talking points \n\nIn the meantime, the Polish Wprost magazine has looked into whether the term \u201cmushroom\u201d spiked in popularity after Kaczy\u0144ski\u2019s statements. \n\nThey tracked social media trends for common keywords that voters could be interested in, such as inflation, Ukraine or Donald Tusk himself. \n\n\u201cMushroom\u201d outperformed them all.\u00a0 \n\nAnalysts in Poland often point out that the ruling Law and Justice party have extraordinary internal polling and analysis when it comes to hot topics or issues that could incite debate overnight. \n\nThe moisture-loving fungi is a staple of Central European dishes, ranging from thick sauces and stroganoff to being stuffed in pastries and dumplings or sprinkled dry over dishes. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Polish government organised so-called \"family picnics\" across the country recently to reinforce their key electoral promise of protecting and nurturing the country\u2019s traditional unions.<\/p>\n<p>At another event, Deputy Prime Minister Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski claimed that mushroom picking was an essential freedom for the Polish people that is being threatened by the EU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have this freedom, we go mushroom picking. A huge part of Poles goes mushroom picking \u2026 it is part of our freedom and we will not let this freedom be taken away from us,\u201d he said in Che\u0142m.<\/p>\n<p>Kaczy\u0144ski reiterated this claim earlier this week in an interview with the right-wing Sieci weekly magazine, pinning the blame for this freedom allegedly under threat on EU policies and his party\u2019s main opponent in the upcoming elections, Donald Tusk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Tusk returns to power, he will sell out everything \u2026 And now Polish forests will be taken over by Brussels. Tusk was sent here to make it easier for them,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//49//72//808x539_cmsv2_8045c2f4-2968-5da8-a6b0-3b525899ad72-7814972.jpg/" alt=\"Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Free spore-picking for everyone<\/h2><p>EU-sceptical politicians have often claimed that the bloc aims to place arbitrary and even borderline ridiculous limits on benign activities.<\/p>\n<p>Former UK PM Boris Johnson often parroted claims like this, such as the persistent disinformation that \u201cbendy bananas\u201d are not allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Several news outlets have dispelled these rumours, explaining that the EU merely came up with a unified classification system for bananas based on their shape and deformities so that buyers know what they get when they order them.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to mushrooms, the EU has encouraged limits that pertain to the quantity of mushrooms a private individual can pick for their own use.<\/p>\n<p>But member states have differing policies on the ground. According to the independent Polish outlet Oko Press, Polish and Czech law place no limits on how much can be foraged on average. In the latter case, it is considered akin to a sport, with the Czech Hydrometerological Institute publishing maps that indicate the best conditions for mushroom picking.<\/p>\n<p>France and Germany, on the other hand, have a limit of 250 grammes or a basket-full of mushrooms, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for these limits is to prevent people from arriving with trucks and picking several kilogrammes of mushrooms at a time.<\/p>\n<p>In the Netherlands, people can only pick mushrooms on their own land.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Article 4 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, certain competences can be shared between the EU and members states and they can pertain to the internal market, transport, the environment, agriculture and fisheries. Forestry is not among those.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Brussels does decide to bring the EU to the fore of these competences, this tool would only apply if it is deemed that it can do a much better job than the member state at handling a certain issue. It is not an obligation, and exceptions are more common than implementations of the rule.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, they can not decide to sell or take control of Polish forests \u2014 and its mushrooms \u2014 on a whim.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//49//72//808x608_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg/" alt=\"Siobhan Starrs/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/384x288_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/640x480_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/750x563_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/828x621_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/1080x810_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/1200x900_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/1920x1440_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">This Sept. 5, 2014 photo shows several amanita muscaria or "fly agaric" mushrooms on the forest floor of the Black Forest near Enzklosterle, Germany.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Siobhan Starrs/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>All about the talking points<\/h2><p>In the meantime, the Polish Wprost magazine has looked into whether the term \u201cmushroom\u201d spiked in popularity after Kaczy\u0144ski\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<p>They tracked social media trends for common keywords that voters could be interested in, such as inflation, Ukraine or Donald Tusk himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMushroom\u201d outperformed them all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Analysts in Poland often point out that the ruling Law and Justice party have extraordinary internal polling and analysis when it comes to hot topics or issues that could incite debate overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The moisture-loving fungi is a staple of Central European dishes, ranging from thick sauces and stroganoff to being stuffed in pastries and dumplings or sprinkled dry over dishes.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691678194,"publishedAt":1691726459,"updatedAt":1691726523,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/11\/does-the-eu-want-to-ban-mushroom-picking-in-poland","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a0c0abba-0676-5be1-900f-8f9dd50144ef-7814972.jpg","altText":"A child plays under lit mushrooms in the Light Labyrinth in the Wilanow Palace Garden in Warsaw, Poland. 6 December 2013","caption":"A child plays under lit mushrooms in the Light Labyrinth in the Wilanow Palace Garden in Warsaw, Poland. 6 December 2013","captionCredit":"Alik Keplicz\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1280,"height":890},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_415f1131-5797-5c8c-a5f2-50beda3f2df2-7814972.jpg","altText":"This Sept. 5, 2014 photo shows several amanita muscaria or \"fly agaric\" mushrooms on the forest floor of the Black Forest near Enzklosterle, Germany.","caption":"This Sept. 5, 2014 photo shows several amanita muscaria or \"fly agaric\" mushrooms on the forest floor of the Black Forest near Enzklosterle, Germany.","captionCredit":"Siobhan Starrs\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":768},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/49\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8045c2f4-2968-5da8-a6b0-3b525899ad72-7814972.jpg","altText":"Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, speaks to a party convention in Warsaw, Poland,. 14 May 2023","caption":"Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, speaks to a party convention in Warsaw, Poland,. 14 May 2023","captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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","summary":"The NATO member has recently warned of the threat posed by Russian Wagner mercenaries based in Belarus. ","url":"poland-plans-to-deploy-10000-troops-on-belarus-border-as-deterrent","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Poland plans to deploy some 10,000 soldiers on its eastern border with Belarus,\u00a0the Polish Minister of Defense announced on Thursday.\u00a0 \n\nBeefed by security would be a \"deterrent\" amid rising tensions between Warsaw and Minsk, a staunch ally of Moscow.\u00a0 \n\n\"It will be about 10,000 soldiers, 4,000 of whom will be directly engaged in border police support operations and 6,000 others as reinforcements,\" Mariusz Blaszczak told Polish public radio. \n\nJust yesterday the minister announced 2,000 soldiers would be dispatched within two weeks to reinforce the border, joining an existing force already stationed in the area.\u00a0 \n\nFears of a provocation on Poland's borders have risen, following the arrival of thousands of mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group on Belarussian soil.\u00a0 \n\n\nHowever,\u00a0Andrzej Kruczy\u0144ski, a Polish security expert told Lithuania's public broadcaster LRT that panic around the mercenaries was\u00a0\u201cbizarre and absurd\u201d, suggesting Poland's ruling PiS was likely using security concerns \"to their advantage\" amid upcoming elections.\u00a0 \n\n\"[Wagner forces] are in no way a threat to us. It is necessary to look at the situation calmly. We can continue strengthening the border, but not to [...] stir up unrest [in the society],\u201d said the retired colonel. \n\nTwo Belarusian helicopters briefly violated Polish airspace last week, which Warsaw called an antagonistic move.\u00a0 \n\nWarsaw also accuses Minsk and Moscow of orchestrating a new influx of migrants into the European Union in order to destabilise the region. \n\nAccording to Polish border guards, 19,000 migrants have tried to enter Poland since the beginning of the year, compared to 16,000 for the whole of 2022.\u00a0 \n\nDuring the past month, more than 4,000 migrants have tried to cross the Polish border. \n\n\u201cRussia and Belarus are increasing the pressure on the borders,\" Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda last Thursday.\u00a0 \"We must be aware that the number of these provocations will grow.\"\u00a0 \n\nDr Stephen Hall, lecturer of Russian politics at the University of Bath, told Euronews earlier in August Wagner could stage an attack to sever the Baltics from NATO, though he questioned if such a \"suicidal\" step would be taken, owing to immense geopolitical risks.\u00a0 \n\n\nHe suggested such an assault could happen against the Suwalki Gap, a sparsely populated land corridor sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland to the north and south, and Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad enclave to the east and west. \n\n\"Wagner are relatively well equipped, they're trained, and have the capacity in terms of not just the arms side of things, but also the propaganda,\" Hall told Euronews. \n\nBut he continued: \"Even if Wagner were to punch a hole through the Polish defences and take the Suwalki Gap, then that is a declaration of war.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland plans to deploy some 10,000 soldiers on its eastern border with Belarus,\u00a0the Polish Minister of Defense announced on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beefed by security would be a \"deterrent\" amid rising tensions between Warsaw and Minsk, a staunch ally of Moscow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"It will be about 10,000 soldiers, 4,000 of whom will be directly engaged in border police support operations and 6,000 others as reinforcements,\" Mariusz Blaszczak told Polish public radio.<\/p>\n<p>Just yesterday the minister announced 2,000 soldiers would be dispatched within two weeks to reinforce the border, joining an existing force already stationed in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fears of a provocation on Poland's borders have risen, following the arrival of thousands of mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group on Belarussian soil.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0Andrzej Kruczy\u0144ski, a Polish security expert told Lithuania's public broadcaster LRT that panic around the mercenaries was\u00a0\u201cbizarre and absurd\u201d, suggesting Poland's ruling PiS was likely using security concerns \"to their advantage\" amid upcoming elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"168716015591641908\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"[Wagner forces] are in no way a threat to us. It is necessary to look at the situation calmly. We can continue strengthening the border, but not to [...] stir up unrest [in the society],\u201d said the retired colonel.<\/p>\n<p>Two Belarusian helicopters briefly violated Polish airspace last week, which Warsaw called an antagonistic move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Warsaw also accuses Minsk and Moscow of orchestrating a new influx of migrants into the European Union in order to destabilise the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to Polish border guards, 19,000 migrants have tried to enter Poland since the beginning of the year, compared to 16,000 for the whole of 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the past month, more than 4,000 migrants have tried to cross the Polish border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia and Belarus are increasing the pressure on the borders,\" Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda last Thursday.\u00a0\"We must be aware that the number of these provocations will grow.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr Stephen Hall, lecturer of Russian politics at the University of Bath, told Euronews earlier in August Wagner could stage an attack to sever the Baltics from NATO, though he questioned if such a \"suicidal\" step would be taken, owing to immense geopolitical risks.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1683875697645826054\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He suggested such an assault could happen against the Suwalki Gap, a sparsely populated land corridor sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland to the north and south, and Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad enclave to the east and west.<\/p>\n<p>\"Wagner are relatively well equipped, they're trained, and have the capacity in terms of not just the arms side of things, but also the propaganda,\" Hall told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>But he continued: \"Even if Wagner were to punch a hole through the Polish defences and take the Suwalki Gap, then that is a declaration of war.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691670992,"publishedAt":1691672509,"updatedAt":1691672511,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/10\/poland-plans-to-deploy-10000-troops-on-belarus-border-as-deterrent","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/56\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6bc961c1-377b-589d-ba99-ab9a828c64ab-7811856.jpg","altText":"FILE - Polish border guards patrol the area of a newly built metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus, near Kuznice, Poland, on June 30, 2022. 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","summary":"Campaigns begin as anxieties in Poland are rising over the presence of Russian Wagner mercenaries near the border. ","url":"under-the-shadow-of-war-poland-sets-election-date","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Poland is set to hold parliamentary elections on 15 October, kicking off an electoral campaign that has already been unofficially underway for months.\u00a0 \n\nPolls show the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), in government since 2015, is currently the most popular party, but it is likely to fall short of an outright majority in parliament.\u00a0 \n\nIt holds a small lead over a centrist bloc, the Civic Coalition, headed by Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister and ex-president of the European Council.\u00a0 \n\nSupport for Tusk's party has grown in past months but mostly at the expense of other opposition parties. \n\nThe vote - which will see lawmakers elected for a four-year term - is being shaped by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which sparked tensions across the region.\u00a0 \n\nFears of a provocation on Poland's borders have risen, following the arrival of thousands of mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group on Belarusian soil.\u00a0 \n\nLast week, a small contingent of around 100 Wagner fighters moved towards the Suwalki Gap land corridor, which experts could be captured to \"cut off\" NATO allies in the Baltics from Poland.\u00a0 \n\nWarsaw in response beefed up its border security, with the ruling PiS wanting to present themselves as strong on defence.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, a Polish security expert told Lithuania's public broadcaster LRT worries about Russian provocations - echoed by Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki - were \u201cbizarre and absurd\u201d, suggesting those in power were \"trying to use the situation to their advantage\" in view of the upcoming election.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nTensions have also grown with Poland's ally Ukraine, though it has so far been one of the country's most steadfast supporters.\u00a0 \n\nA diplomatic spat was sparked last week after Warsaw called Kyiv \"ungrateful\" amid a squabble over grain imports.\u00a0 \n\nPiS has taken a\u00a0more confrontational stance with Ukraine as the far-right political group Confederation, which has fomented anti-Ukrainian sentiment, has risen in the opinion polls.\u00a0 \n\nMillions of Ukrainian refugees have fled through Poland since Russian tanks rolled across the border in February 2022 - with the latest figures showing around a million remain there still.\u00a0 \n\nWhile Poles have been praised for their welcoming reception, there are concerns their presence is putting a strain on local resources, which the small - yet increasingly influential - far-right is capitalising on.\u00a0 \n\nPiS has\u00a0gained popularity with many Poles for its conservative values and increase in state support for the elderly and families with children.\u00a0 \n\nEarly in its first term it introduced a monthly cash payment of 500 zlotys (\u20ac112) per month for each child under 18. \n\nPresident Duda, who is aligned with the party, on Monday signed legislation raising that monthly payment to 800 zlotys (\u20ac179) per month, starting next January. \n\nIn July, Poland passed a controversial \"Russian influence\" law that critics warned could be used to target the opposition.\u00a0 \n\nWhen it takes effect, it will create a powerful committee of experts who can investigate alleged Russian interference in Poland and name politicians who allegedly allow it. \n\nThe committee could then bar those concerned from holding public positions. \n\nPiS has been widely condemned for veering towards authoritarianism, undermining the independence of the judiciary, media and eroding democratic norms. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland is set to hold parliamentary elections on 15 October, kicking off an electoral campaign that has already been unofficially underway for months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polls show the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), in government since 2015, is currently the most popular party, but it is likely to fall short of an outright majority in parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It holds a small lead over a centrist bloc, the Civic Coalition, headed by Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister and ex-president of the European Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Support for Tusk's party has grown in past months but mostly at the expense of other opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p>The vote - which will see lawmakers elected for a four-year term - is being shaped by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which sparked tensions across the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fears of a provocation on Poland's borders have risen, following the arrival of thousands of mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group on Belarusian soil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1687160155916419084\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Last week, a small contingent of around 100 Wagner fighters moved towards the Suwalki Gap land corridor, which experts could be captured to \"cut off\" NATO allies in the Baltics from Poland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Warsaw in response beefed up its border security, with the ruling PiS wanting to present themselves as strong on defence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, a Polish security expert told Lithuania's public broadcaster LRT worries about Russian provocations - echoed by Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki - were \u201cbizarre and absurd\u201d, suggesting those in power were \"trying to use the situation to their advantage\" in view of the upcoming election.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have also grown with Poland's ally Ukraine, though it has so far been one of the country's most steadfast supporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A diplomatic spat was sparked last week after <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//03//diplomatic-spat-after-poland-calls-ukraine-ungrateful/">Warsaw called Kyiv \"ungrateful\"<\/strong><\/a> amid a squabble over grain imports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PiS has taken a\u00a0more confrontational stance with Ukraine as the far-right political group Confederation, which has fomented anti-Ukrainian sentiment, has risen in the opinion polls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1679722290928312320\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Millions of Ukrainian refugees have fled through Poland since Russian tanks rolled across the border in February 2022 - 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We have complaints about the operation of all services for not revealing the actual impact on the environment. It was only after a week that we had a warning to be careful with local garden plants.\" \n\nThe fire has also brought the issue of illegal waste back onto the agenda. \n\nAfter the incident, the Polish Ministry of Climate filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding 35,000 tons of illegal waste shipments from Germany, the first step before applying to the European Court of Justice. \n\n\"The authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany do not feel obliged to collect this waste,\" said\u00a0Aleksander Brz\u00f3zka, spokesperson for the ministry. \"We wanted to resolve this matter out of court, unfortunately, it did not work hence, according to the law, each EU Member State has the right to submit a complaint to the EC against another state \u2013 and so we did. Now, the committee has three months to analyse and respond to this matter.\" \n\nChristopher Stolzenberg from the German Ministry for the Environment said that returning illegal shipments is the responsibility of the federal states.\u201d He added, however, that the fact that illegal waste shipments from Germany are taking place is of great concern to them and the ministry remains committed to improving the prevention of illegal waste shipments in the EU.\u201d \n\nObservers who take an interest in the issue, including journalist Ewa Dunal, say the problem is much bigger than people realise:\u00a0\"There are now over 400 illegal landfills in the country (Poland), of which about 140 are places where hazardous waste has been detected. More and more journalists are bringing this topic up. Officials have also been struggling with this for a long time, so I hope that this tendency to fight environmental crime, strictly speaking - the fight against hazardous waste, will expand and more of these landfills will be revealed.\" \n\nEuronews correspondent Magdalena Chodownik said the Polish government is considering providing more support to\u00a0local communities for waste disposal. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The fire last month at the landfill site in\u00a0Zielona Gora has brought the issue of Poland's waste management into the spotlight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inadequate storage and treatment, along with illegal waste loads have become a huge problem in the country say observers and environmental activists.<\/p>\n<p>\"Twenty million euros to dispose of waste, and deal with the environmental effects, and now with soil reclamation, restoration, protection, it may be ten times higher,\"\u00a0Dariusz Legutowski, a member of the city council of Zielona Gora, explained to Euronews. \"It's an ecological catastrophe. We have complaints about the operation of all services for not revealing the actual impact on the environment. It was only after a week that we had a warning to be careful with local garden plants.\"<\/p>\n<p>The fire has also brought the issue of illegal waste back onto the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident, the Polish Ministry of Climate filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding 35,000 tons of illegal waste shipments from Germany, the first step before applying to the European Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\"The authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany do not feel obliged to collect this waste,\" said\u00a0Aleksander Brz\u00f3zka, spokesperson for the ministry. \"We wanted to resolve this matter out of court, unfortunately, it did not work hence, according to the law, each EU Member State has the right to submit a complaint to the EC against another state \u2013 and so we did. Now, the committee has three months to analyse and respond to this matter.\"<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Stolzenberg from the German Ministry for the Environment said that returning illegal shipments is the responsibility of the federal states.\u201d He added, however, that the fact that illegal waste shipments from Germany are taking place is of great concern to them and the ministry remains committed to improving the prevention of illegal waste shipments in the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"3390188,7780606,7388506\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//26//poland-complains-to-european-commission-about-german-waste-dumped-in-unauthorised-landfill/">Poland complains to European Commission about German waste dumped in unauthorised landfills<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//10//spains-rubbish-dumps-are-attracting-white-storks-but-danger-lurks-in-the-trash/">Spain/u2019s rubbish dumps are attracting white storks, but danger lurks in the trash<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2018//10//26//can-turning-plastic-bottles-into-clothing-help-solve-the-uae-s-waste-problem/">Can turning plastic bottles into clothing help solve the UAE\u2019s waste problem?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Observers who take an interest in the issue, including journalist Ewa Dunal, say the problem is much bigger than people realise:\u00a0\"There are now over 400 illegal landfills in the country (Poland), of which about 140 are places where hazardous waste has been detected. More and more journalists are bringing this topic up. Officials have also been struggling with this for a long time, so I hope that this tendency to fight environmental crime, strictly speaking - the fight against hazardous waste, will expand and more of these landfills will be revealed.\"<\/p>\n<p>Euronews correspondent Magdalena Chodownik said the Polish government is considering providing more support to\u00a0local communities for waste disposal.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691005986,"publishedAt":1691053946,"updatedAt":1691054289,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/03\/poland-in-spat-with-germany-over-claims-of-illegal-waste-increasing-risk-of-fires","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/76\/56\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cd4c43c9-60e9-55cc-b02f-a10e0b440add-7797656.jpg","altText":"The fire at Zielona Gora has highlighted the issue of Poland's waste management.","caption":"The fire at Zielona Gora has highlighted the issue of Poland's waste management.","captionCredit":"euronews","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":960,"height":540}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7930,"slug":"pollution","urlSafeValue":"pollution","title":"Pollution","titleRaw":"Pollution"},{"id":8857,"slug":"toxic-waste","urlSafeValue":"toxic-waste","title":"Toxic waste","titleRaw":"Toxic waste"},{"id":9507,"slug":"environmental-protection","urlSafeValue":"environmental-protection","title":"Environmental protection","titleRaw":"Environmental protection"},{"id":230,"slug":"poland","urlSafeValue":"poland","title":"Poland","titleRaw":"Poland"},{"id":13740,"slug":"waste","urlSafeValue":"waste","title":"waste","titleRaw":"waste"},{"id":20462,"slug":"environment-pollution","urlSafeValue":"environment-pollution","title":"Environment pollution","titleRaw":"Environment pollution"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/03\/en\/230803_NWSU_52641007_52641036_164000_083748_en.mp4","editor":null,"duration":164000,"filesizeBytes":20602111,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/03\/en\/230803_NWSU_52641007_52641036_164000_083748_en.mp4","editor":null,"duration":164000,"filesizeBytes":31111935,"expiresAt":0}],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x8myz6j","youtubeId":"YpQMi6rmjAo"},"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news\/green-news"},"vertical":"green","verticals":[{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":35,"urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green-news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":230,"urlSafeValue":"poland","title":"Poland","url":"\/news\/europe\/poland"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gt_negative','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gs_law','gs_science_environ','gs_science_environment','gs_news','gs_news_and_weather','gs_law_misc','gt_negative_mistrust','gv_death_injury','gb_death_injury_high_med','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gb_death_injury_news-ent','castrol_negative_it','gb_death_injury_edu'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/green\/2023\/08\/03\/poland-in-spat-with-germany-over-claims-of-illegal-waste-increasing-risk-of-fires","lastModified":1691054289},{"id":2337192,"cid":7796952,"versionId":4,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230802_NWWB_52637990","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Diplomatic spat after Poland calls Ukraine \u2018ungrateful\u2019","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Diplomatic spat after Poland calls Ukraine \u2018ungrateful\u2019","titleListing2":"Poland continues to provide training, weapons, and refuge for fleeing Ukrainians as part of its assistance to the country. But disagreements over grain imports, compounded by unresolved historical issues, have led to public sparring between Kyiv and Warsaw.","leadin":"The eastern flank of the European Union \u2014 particularly Poland \u2014 continues to play a crucial role in helping Ukraine fight against Russia\u2019s invasion. A recent diplomatic squabble over grain imports, compounded by historical issues, puts the once stable footing at risk.","summary":"The eastern flank of the European Union \u2014 particularly Poland \u2014 continues to play a crucial role in helping Ukraine fight against Russia\u2019s invasion. A recent diplomatic squabble over grain imports, compounded by historical issues, puts the once stable footing at risk.","url":"diplomatic-spat-after-poland-calls-ukraine-ungrateful","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The ongoing invasion of Ukraine has placed a major strain on the entire continent \u2014 not least Poland, whose government has maintained a reputation as one of the most steadfast supporters of its neighbour\u2019s defence efforts. \n\nThese strains, however, have created a dilemma. Should helping Ukraine come at the expense of a country's domestic interests? \n\nOn Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland remained committed to defending its domestic interest, despite the invasion. \n\n\u201cWe will always defend Poland\u2019s good name, its security, and the interest of no other country will ever prevail over the interest of the Republic of Poland,\u201d Morawiecki said in a tweet. \n\nThe kerfuffle broke out after Marcin Przydacz, the head of Polish President Andrzej Duda\u2019s international policy office, was asked about the issue of extending the import ban of Ukrainian grain to Poland and four other eastern EU member states beyond the 15 September deadline. \n\nPrzydacz said during an appearance on the TVP, Poland\u2019s state media outlet, that \u201cdefending the interests of the Polish farmer\u201d was of crucial importance for the country. \n\n\u201cUkraine has really received a lot of support from Poland. I think it would be worth them starting to appreciate the role that Poland has played for Ukraine in recent months and years,\u201d he continued. \n\nIre in Kyiv \n\nFollowing the statement, Poland\u2019s ambassador in Kyiv was summoned by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and \u201cduring the meeting, it was emphasized that the statements about the alleged ingratitude of the Ukrainians for the assistance of the Republic of Poland do not reflect reality and as such are unacceptable,\u201d the ministry said in a release. \n\nThe summoning of the Polish ambassador by Kyiv, a diplomatic reprimand which equates to a telling-off, was widely condemned by analysts in Warsaw.\u00a0 \n\nRados\u0142aw Fogiel, the head of the foreign affairs committee of the Polish Sejm, also criticized Ukraine. \n\n\u201cWe will help Ukraine because it is in our interest, but at the same time we cannot allow a situation where Poland will be the one to bear an undue burden due to what is happening,\u201d he said in a statement for Wirtualna Polska. \n\nRecently, parties that express Ukraine-sceptic or even explicitly anti-Ukrainian views \u2013 such as the far-right Konfederacja \u2013 have been trying to garner support amongst those in Poland who would prefer to see their country shift away from spending on its neighbour. \n\nKonfederacja recently organised protests that echoed some pro-Kremlin talking points, spurred by the anniversary of the killing and deportation of thousands ethnic Poles from Volhynia or Wo\u0142y\u0144 region by a radical faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B) during World War II. \n\nNot to be outdone, Kremlin spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dipped her toes into the debate as well, commenting on a Telegram channel that Poland was acting \u201clike a wolf talking to a sheep \u2013 you should start appreciating that I chose you for dinner out of the whole herd.\u201d \n\nRussia would likely be the first to benefit from a serious or prolonged deterioration in the relationship between the two. \n\nIt all boils down to cereal \n\nPoland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania have all seen their domestic grain production and relative compatibility in the EU single market \u2013 which they belong to and Ukraine does not \u2013 suffer due to copious amounts of cheaper grain flooding the market. \n\nThe UN brokered a deal between Russia and Ukraine in July of 2022, the first since Moscow launched the full-scale invasion, which was facilitated by Turkey in Istanbul and provided an important injection to Ukraine\u2019s war-torn economy. \n\nKyiv and Moscow signed two identical but separate documents at the request of Ukraine, which refused to be on\u00a0a document signed by Russia. \n\nRussia backed out of the UN grain deal several times, blocking Ukraine's exports, only to reinstate it again for a month or two at a time. \n\nSoon after, farmers in EU nations bordering Ukraine complained that the grain was making its way into EU markets and that their locally produced grain \u2013 which is subject to EU regulations, taxes and other mechanisms and thus automatically more expensive \u2013 was being cast aside. \n\nAs a result, these countries independently imposed a ban on importing Ukrainian grain in April. \n\nUnilateral import bans risk violating the principle of a common EU market. The issue also highlights the disparate priorities between grain-producing and solely grain-consuming EU countries. \n\nIn response, the European Commission adopted an exceptional measure which replaced the national import bans with an EU-approved ban for the five. This measure recognised the import embargo on wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seeds to the five member states, while allowing the transit of these goods \u2013 duty and quote free \u2013 to the rest of the EU and third countries. \n\nThe measure is due to expire on 15 September. \n\nHowever, Poland has said it will not lift its individual ban if the EU chooses to not extend this measure. \n\n\u201cWe will not open this border. If the European Commission does not extend the ban, we will do it ourselves,\u201d PM Morawiecki said. \n\nRobert Telus, the agricultural minister of Poland, argued that the import ban has actually improved transit to third countries. \n\n\u201cOur actions in defence of the interests of farmers from EU countries are not directed against anyone,\u201d said Telus. \u201cThey are a call for reconsideration and for appropriate, much-needed decisions on the part of the European Commission.\u201d \n\nIt they walk back the import ban, the ruling Law and Justice party in Poland would leave a campaign issue on the table that could easily be adopted by any of their opponents in the upcoming national elections in the country. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The ongoing invasion of Ukraine has placed a major strain on the entire continent \u2014 not least Poland, whose government has maintained a reputation as one of the most steadfast supporters of its neighbour\u2019s defence efforts.<\/p>\n<p>These strains, however, have created a dilemma. Should helping Ukraine come at the expense of a country's domestic interests?<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland remained committed to defending its domestic interest, despite the invasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will always defend Poland\u2019s good name, its security, and the interest of no other country will ever prevail over the interest of the Republic of Poland,\u201d Morawiecki said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1686426418106814465\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The kerfuffle broke out after Marcin Przydacz, the head of Polish President Andrzej Duda\u2019s international policy office, was asked about the issue of extending the import ban of Ukrainian grain to Poland and four other eastern EU member states beyond the 15 September deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Przydacz said during an appearance on the TVP, Poland\u2019s state media outlet, that \u201cdefending the interests of the Polish farmer\u201d was of crucial importance for the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine has really received a lot of support from Poland. I think it would be worth them starting to appreciate the role that Poland has played for Ukraine in recent months and years,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<h2>Ire in Kyiv<\/h2><p>Following the statement, Poland\u2019s ambassador in Kyiv was summoned by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and \u201cduring the meeting, it was emphasized that the statements about the alleged ingratitude of the Ukrainians for the assistance of the Republic of Poland do not reflect reality and as such are unacceptable,\u201d the ministry said in a release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1681990444098387968\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The summoning of the Polish ambassador by Kyiv, a diplomatic reprimand which equates to a telling-off, was widely condemned by analysts in Warsaw.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rados\u0142aw Fogiel, the head of the foreign affairs committee of the Polish Sejm, also criticized Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will help Ukraine because it is in our interest, but at the same time we cannot allow a situation where Poland will be the one to bear an undue burden due to what is happening,\u201d he said in a statement for Wirtualna Polska.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, parties that express Ukraine-sceptic or even explicitly anti-Ukrainian views \u2013 such as the far-right Konfederacja \u2013 have been trying to garner support amongst those in Poland who would prefer to see their country shift away from spending on its neighbour.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7749166,7735796\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//07//polish-demand-for-recognition-of-wwii-massacres-sparks-row-with-ukraine/">Polish demand for recognition of WWII massacres sparks row with Ukraine<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//14//polands-far-right-parties-foment-anti-ukrainian-sentiment/">Poland's far-right parties foment anti-Ukrainian sentiment<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Konfederacja recently organised protests that echoed some pro-Kremlin talking points, spurred by the anniversary of the killing and deportation of thousands ethnic Poles from Volhynia or Wo\u0142y\u0144 region by a radical faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B) during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, Kremlin spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dipped her toes into the debate as well, commenting on a Telegram channel that Poland was acting \u201clike a wolf talking to a sheep \u2013 you should start appreciating that I chose you for dinner out of the whole herd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia would likely be the first to benefit from a serious or prolonged deterioration in the relationship between the two.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//69//52//808x539_cmsv2_c8a665d6-6ce0-5ec1-9fbc-c018d822c5a3-7796952.jpg/" alt=\"Andreea Alexandru/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_c8a665d6-6ce0-5ec1-9fbc-c018d822c5a3-7796952.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_c8a665d6-6ce0-5ec1-9fbc-c018d822c5a3-7796952.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/750x500_cmsv2_c8a665d6-6ce0-5ec1-9fbc-c018d822c5a3-7796952.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/828x552_cmsv2_c8a665d6-6ce0-5ec1-9fbc-c018d822c5a3-7796952.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/1080x720_cmsv2_c8a665d6-6ce0-5ec1-9fbc-c018d822c5a3-7796952.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/1200x800_cmsv2_c8a665d6-6ce0-5ec1-9fbc-c018d822c5a3-7796952.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/1920x1281_cmsv2_c8a665d6-6ce0-5ec1-9fbc-c018d822c5a3-7796952.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman holds a loaf of bread during a farmers' protest in front of the Representative Office of the European Commission in Romania. 7 April 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Andreea Alexandru/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>It all boils down to cereal<\/h2><p>Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania have all seen their domestic grain production and relative compatibility in the EU single market \u2013 which they belong to and Ukraine does not \u2013 suffer due to copious amounts of cheaper grain flooding the market.<\/p>\n<p>The UN brokered a deal between Russia and Ukraine in July of 2022, the first since Moscow launched the full-scale invasion, which was facilitated by Turkey in Istanbul and provided an important injection to Ukraine\u2019s war-torn economy.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv and Moscow signed two identical but separate documents at the request of Ukraine, which refused to be on\u00a0a document signed by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Russia backed out of the UN grain deal several times, blocking Ukraine's exports, only to reinstate it again for a month or two at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, farmers in EU nations bordering Ukraine complained that the grain was making its way into EU markets and that their locally produced grain \u2013 which is subject to EU regulations, taxes and other mechanisms and thus automatically more expensive \u2013 was being cast aside.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//69//52//808x539_cmsv2_86286150-cf80-52fa-8943-48edac143b5c-7796952.jpg/" alt=\"Vadim Ghirda/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_86286150-cf80-52fa-8943-48edac143b5c-7796952.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_86286150-cf80-52fa-8943-48edac143b5c-7796952.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/750x500_cmsv2_86286150-cf80-52fa-8943-48edac143b5c-7796952.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/828x552_cmsv2_86286150-cf80-52fa-8943-48edac143b5c-7796952.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/1080x720_cmsv2_86286150-cf80-52fa-8943-48edac143b5c-7796952.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/1200x800_cmsv2_86286150-cf80-52fa-8943-48edac143b5c-7796952.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/1920x1281_cmsv2_86286150-cf80-52fa-8943-48edac143b5c-7796952.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An employee of the Romanian grain handling operator Comvex unloads Ukrainian cereals from a barge in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania. 21 June 2022<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Vadim Ghirda/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a result, these countries independently imposed a ban on importing Ukrainian grain in April.<\/p>\n<p>Unilateral import bans risk violating the principle of a common EU market. The issue also highlights the disparate priorities between grain-producing and solely grain-consuming EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the European Commission adopted an exceptional measure which replaced the national import bans with an EU-approved ban for the five. This measure recognised the import embargo on wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seeds to the five member states, while allowing the transit of these goods \u2013 duty and quote free \u2013 to the rest of the EU and third countries.<\/p>\n<p>The measure is due to expire on 15 September.<\/p>\n<p>However, Poland has said it will not lift its individual ban if the EU chooses to not extend this measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not open this border. If the European Commission does not extend the ban, we will do it ourselves,\u201d PM Morawiecki said.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Telus, the agricultural minister of Poland, argued that the import ban has actually improved transit to third countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur actions in defence of the interests of farmers from EU countries are not directed against anyone,\u201d said Telus. \u201cThey are a call for reconsideration and for appropriate, much-needed decisions on the part of the European Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It they walk back the import ban, the ruling Law and Justice party in Poland would leave a campaign issue on the table that could easily be adopted by any of their opponents in the upcoming national elections in the country.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690985785,"publishedAt":1691037020,"updatedAt":1691132407,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/03\/diplomatic-spat-after-poland-calls-ukraine-ungrateful","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/69\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fea716e7-148c-5ffa-9be7-1c83a61cb83e-7796952.jpg","altText":"Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their joint press conference in Warsaw. 5 April 2023","caption":"Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their joint press conference in Warsaw. 5 April 2023","captionCredit":"Michal Dyjuk\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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warns Russia is using Wagner troops to destabilise the region","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Wagner exercises in Belarus a provocation, says Poland","titleListing2":"Poland warns Russia is using Wagner troops to destabilise the region","leadin":"A Wagner mercenary military exercise in Belarus has triggered warnings from Poland that Russia is deliberately trying to destabilise the border region","summary":"A Wagner mercenary military exercise in Belarus has triggered warnings from Poland that Russia is deliberately trying to destabilise the border region","url":"poland-warns-russia-is-using-wagner-troops-to-destabilise-the-region","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Heightened border tensions between Poland and Belarus have led to a dramatic fall in visitor numbers to one of Poland\u2019s traditional tourist attractions. \n\nThe Bialowieza forest is a national park and home to 800 European bison, but it is the 100 Russian mercenaries said to be training with the Belarus army over the border that have drawn interest in the region this summer. \n\nOn Saturday the Polish Prime Minister warned the Wagner Group soldiers had moved close to the Suwalki Gap, a strategic land corridor between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. \n\nPoland sees the presence of Wagner forces as the latest in a series of provocations orchestrated by Russia to destabilise the region. \n\nWagner arrived in Belarus after its short-lived rebellion earlier in the summer, but there have been tensions at the border for two years since large numbers of migrants from the Middle\u00a0 East and Africa began arriving from the East. Poland calls this wave of migration a form of hybrid warfare. \n\nWatch the full Euronews report from Poland in the media player above.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Heightened border tensions between Poland and Belarus have led to a dramatic fall in visitor numbers to one of Poland\u2019s traditional tourist attractions.<\/p>\n<p>The Bialowieza forest is a national park and home to 800 European bison, but it is the 100 Russian mercenaries said to be training with the Belarus army over the border that have drawn interest in the region this summer.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday the Polish Prime Minister warned the Wagner Group soldiers had moved close to the Suwalki Gap, a strategic land corridor between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.<\/p>\n<p>Poland sees the presence of Wagner forces as the latest in a series of provocations orchestrated by Russia to destabilise the region.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner arrived in Belarus after its short-lived rebellion earlier in the summer, but there have been tensions at the border for two years since large numbers of migrants from the Middle\u00a0East and Africa began arriving from the East. Poland calls this wave of migration a form of hybrid warfare.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch the full Euronews report from Poland in the media player above.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690779293,"publishedAt":1690792917,"updatedAt":1690793830,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/31\/poland-warns-russia-is-using-wagner-troops-to-destabilise-the-region","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/41\/62\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_eaa242a7-7929-567f-8092-b8d9b895e8fe-7416260.jpg","altText":"Polish border guards patrol the area of a newly built metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus, near Kuznice, Poland, Thursday, June 30, 2022.","caption":"Polish border guards patrol the area of a newly built metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus, near Kuznice, Poland, Thursday, June 30, 2022.","captionCredit":"Michal Dyjuk\/Copyright 2022 The AP. 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He and PiS leader Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski are longtime political rivals. \n\nFollowing criticism, President Andrzej Duda proposed urgent amendments to the law to tone it down.\u00a0 \n\nPoland's lower house (Sejm) voted 235-214 with four abstentions to reject the Senate's veto to the draft law amended by Duda. The\u00a0legislation now requires Duda's signature to take effect. \n\nThe amended bill calls for a commission to check whether between 2007 and 2022 politicians have taken decisions under Russia's influence that could threaten Poland's security. \n\nDuda claims it is needed for transparency's sake and to prevent Russia from jeopardising Poland's future stability.\u00a0 \n\nThe US State Department and EU authorities strongly criticised the law in its first version and expressed concerns about its implications for democracy in Poland.\u00a0 \n\nThe PiS's encroachments on the independence of the judiciary have raised international alarm in recent years. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland's lawmakers voted on Friday to approve a divisive law on Russian influence criticised by the European Union and the US.<\/p>\n<p>There are fears the law, proposed in May by Poland's ruling right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) could be used to target the political opposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When it takes effect, it will create a powerful committee of experts who can investigate alleged Russian interference in Poland and name politicians who allegedly allow it.<\/p>\n<p>The committee could then bar those concerned from holding public positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, critics say it is primarily targeting former Prime Minister Donald Tusk,\u00a0who is expected to stand in a parliamentary election later this year.<\/p>\n<p>PiS accuses Tusk of having been too friendly toward Russia and President Vladimir Putin as PM between 2007 and 2014 and striking gas deals favourable to Moscow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1601360540844101632\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tusk later went to Brussels to be the president of the European Council between 2014 and 2019. He and PiS leader Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski are longtime political rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Following criticism, President Andrzej Duda proposed urgent amendments to the law to tone it down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Poland's lower house (Sejm) voted 235-214 with four abstentions to reject the Senate's veto to the draft law amended by Duda. The\u00a0legislation now requires Duda's signature to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>The amended bill calls for a commission to check whether between 2007 and 2022 politicians have taken decisions under Russia's influence that could threaten Poland's security.<\/p>\n<p>Duda claims it is needed for transparency's sake and to prevent Russia from jeopardising Poland's future stability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The US State Department and EU authorities strongly criticised the law in its first version and expressed concerns about its implications for democracy in Poland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The PiS's encroachments on the independence of the judiciary have raised international alarm in recent 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and availability: Why are Europeans finding it hard to get the new medicines they need?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Why are Europeans finding it hard to get the new medicines they need?","titleListing2":"In this episode of Smart Health, we hear from patients who are struggling to get hold of the new medicines they desperately need and ask what the EU is doing to address disparities in access and availability across Member States.","leadin":"In this episode of Smart Health, we hear from patients who are struggling to get hold of the new medicines they desperately need and ask what the EU is doing to address disparities in access and availability across Member States","summary":"In this episode of Smart Health, we hear from patients who are struggling to get hold of the new medicines they desperately need and ask what the EU is doing to address disparities in access and availability across Member States","url":"access-and-availability-why-are-europeans-finding-it-hard-to-get-the-new-medicines-they-ne","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"41-year-old IT engineer and amateur cyclist Kuba Molka lives in Poland. Health problems he suffered during his late teens have left him with painful memories. \n\n\"My symptoms were diarrhoea, and blood in the stools and so on; frequent diarrhoea that is,\" he told Smart Health.\u00a0 \n\n\"All the doctors said that it was due to stress before my A-levels. But when I was done with my A-levels and entrance exams to university, it still persisted. So that is when I seriously started looking for help.\" \n\nKuba was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a chronic\u00a0inflammatory bowel disease.\u00a0Successive treatments proved less and less effective and left him increasingly prone to side effects. \n\nBoth in Poland and in the European Union, a particular injectable medicine that can help treat his condition is available.\u00a0But for months, Kuba could not get it. \n\nThe only way he was finally able to access the drug was by volunteering for an ongoing research programme. \n\n\"The first thing I did was ask my doctor if there were other ways to pursue to get the medicine that I need. And then he came up with the idea to take part in a research [programme]. I'm slowly starting to see that there is improvement in my condition.\" \n\nWaiting time disparity across the EU \n\nLike Kuba, thousands of other Poles and European patients are finding it hard to get their hands on the latest and most effective medicines they need. \n\nWaiting times to access some of these new medicines can be unbearably long,\u00a0and there are significant disparities among EU countries when it comes to this. \n\nBetween 2017 and 2022, the EU average waiting time for access to approved medicines was 511 days. In Germany, the waiting time is much shorter, with an average of just 133 days. In Poland, however, patients had to wait an average of\u00a0844 days to receive their medicines, according to a recent\u00a0 EFPIA WAIT Indicator Survey. \n\nIn the meantime, doctors are often left with fewer options, and the consequences for patients can be dire. \n\n\"We have patients that lose response from the older medications, and if we don't have the drug programme and other substances, we have nothing to offer these patients,\" explained\u00a0Ariel Liebert, who is a gastroenterologist and clinical pharmacologist at Bydgoszcz University Hospital. \n\n\"Sometimes the patients found clinical trials, and they try in this way (to get medication). So if we were able to treat them faster, it would be better for the patients, of course,\" he added. \n\nWhat is the EU doing to bridge the gaps? \n\nA recent study identified 10 factors that could explain why medicines and treatments available in some EU Member States are sometimes out of reach for others. \n\nThe European Commissioner for Health,\u00a0Stella Kyriakides, says that some of those factors can be addressed at the European level,\u00a0as stated by the recent European Commission pharmaceutical reform proposal.\u00a0 \n\n\"We need to provide strong incentives to the companies so that they release new medicines to all Member States at the same time,\" she told Smart Health. \n\n\"We are also, in the reform, improving the authorisation process. For example, you will be able to authorise through the European Medicines Agency medicines much earlier. Today you need about 400 days to authorise a new medicine. With the new procedures we are putting into place, it will be 180 days. This means that they will reach the shelves of the pharmacies much quicker.\" \n\nPharmaceutical companies say they are ready to discuss breakthroughs, and some commitments are already on the table. \n\n\"For us, that our products reach the patients is the objective. And that they reach as many patients as possible, as widely as possible,\" revealed\u00a0Nathalie Moll, Director General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). \n\n\"The differences in access and availability are multifactorial. There is not an easy fix. What we did as an industry, is to address the ones that are our responsibility by making a commitment to find a price in every single Member State within two years of when the products are approved.\" \n\n\"The other part that we also developed as a proposal was to have a price framework so that countries are able to purchase products based on their buying power. Because different countries have different buying powers,\" Nathalie added. \n\nWhatever the solutions might be, time is running out for certain patients. By volunteering in a research program, Kuba has been able to gain access to an efficient treatment for two years.\u00a0But what happens next remains uncertain. \n\n\"I will be worrying when the time comes. That is my motto, basically. But hopefully yes: this is like two years ahead, so I think that some things may change for the better,\" Kuba concluded. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>41-year-old IT engineer and amateur cyclist Kuba Molka lives in Poland. Health problems he suffered during his late teens have left him with painful memories.<\/p>\n<p>\"My symptoms were diarrhoea, and blood in the stools and so on; frequent diarrhoea that is,\" he told Smart Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"All the doctors said that it was due to stress before my A-levels. But when I was done with my A-levels and entrance exams to university, it still persisted. So that is when I seriously started looking for help.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//76//24//54//808x454_cmsv2_6a5a7b01-fbb4-5338-9f86-2558d64ea789-7762454.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/384x216_cmsv2_6a5a7b01-fbb4-5338-9f86-2558d64ea789-7762454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/640x360_cmsv2_6a5a7b01-fbb4-5338-9f86-2558d64ea789-7762454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/750x422_cmsv2_6a5a7b01-fbb4-5338-9f86-2558d64ea789-7762454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/828x466_cmsv2_6a5a7b01-fbb4-5338-9f86-2558d64ea789-7762454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1080x608_cmsv2_6a5a7b01-fbb4-5338-9f86-2558d64ea789-7762454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1200x675_cmsv2_6a5a7b01-fbb4-5338-9f86-2558d64ea789-7762454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1920x1080_cmsv2_6a5a7b01-fbb4-5338-9f86-2558d64ea789-7762454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Kuba Molka, Ulcerative colitis sufferer<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kuba was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a chronic\u00a0inflammatory bowel disease.\u00a0Successive treatments proved less and less effective and left him increasingly prone to side effects.<\/p>\n<p>Both in Poland and in the European Union, a particular injectable medicine that can help treat his condition is available.\u00a0But for months, Kuba could not get it.<\/p>\n<p>The only way he was finally able to access the drug was by volunteering for an ongoing research programme.<\/p>\n<p>\"The first thing I did was ask my doctor if there were other ways to pursue to get the medicine that I need. And then he came up with the idea to take part in a research [programme]. I'm slowly starting to see that there is improvement in my condition.\"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Waiting time disparity across the EU<\/strong><\/h2><p>Like Kuba, thousands of other Poles and European patients are finding it hard to get their hands on the latest and most effective medicines they need.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting times to access some of these new medicines can be unbearably long,\u00a0and there are significant disparities among EU countries when it comes to this.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2017 and 2022, the EU average waiting time for access to approved medicines was 511 days. In Germany, the waiting time is much shorter, with an average of just 133 days. In Poland, however, patients had to wait an average of\u00a0844 days to receive their medicines, according to a recent\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.efpia.eu//news-events//the-efpia-view//efpia-news//shortening-the-wait-patient-access-to-medicines-in-europe///">EFPIA WAIT Indicator Survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7688192,7688140\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//13//prescription-for-disaster-europe-faces-alarming-medicine-shortages-crisis/">Prescription for Disaster: Europe faces alarming medicine shortages crisis<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//06//29//sweden-taking-a-stand-against-pharmaceuticals-in-water/">EU taking a stand against pharmaceutical residues in wastewater<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, doctors are often left with fewer options, and the consequences for patients can be dire.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have patients that lose response from the older medications, and if we don't have the drug programme and other substances, we have nothing to offer these patients,\" explained\u00a0Ariel Liebert, who is a gastroenterologist and clinical pharmacologist at Bydgoszcz University Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\"Sometimes the patients found clinical trials, and they try in this way (to get medication). So if we were able to treat them faster, it would be better for the patients, of course,\" he added.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/smart-health-unequal-access-1h7z2l8rr907g6o?live\" class=\"widget widget--type-infogram widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"fbff6f31-1f56-4b8e-b4df-1aabf8a59695\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Smart Health - Unequal access\"><\/div><script>!function(e,i,n,s){var t=\"InfogramEmbeds\",d=e.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement(\"script\");o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\",d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,\"infogram-async\");<\/script> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>What is the EU doing to bridge the gaps?<\/strong><\/h2><p>A recent study identified 10 factors that could explain why medicines and treatments available in some EU Member States are sometimes out of reach for others.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commissioner for Health,\u00a0Stella Kyriakides, says that some of those factors can be addressed at the European level,\u00a0as stated by the recent European Commission pharmaceutical reform proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We need to provide strong incentives to the companies so that they release new medicines to all Member States at the same time,\" she told Smart Health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//76//24//54//808x454_cmsv2_b1f15a22-ae25-5695-8b6f-cae6151daf1f-7762454.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/384x216_cmsv2_b1f15a22-ae25-5695-8b6f-cae6151daf1f-7762454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/640x360_cmsv2_b1f15a22-ae25-5695-8b6f-cae6151daf1f-7762454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/750x422_cmsv2_b1f15a22-ae25-5695-8b6f-cae6151daf1f-7762454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/828x466_cmsv2_b1f15a22-ae25-5695-8b6f-cae6151daf1f-7762454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1080x608_cmsv2_b1f15a22-ae25-5695-8b6f-cae6151daf1f-7762454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1200x675_cmsv2_b1f15a22-ae25-5695-8b6f-cae6151daf1f-7762454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1920x1080_cmsv2_b1f15a22-ae25-5695-8b6f-cae6151daf1f-7762454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We are also, in the reform, improving the authorisation process. For example, you will be able to authorise through the European Medicines Agency medicines much earlier. Today you need about 400 days to authorise a new medicine. With the new procedures we are putting into place, it will be 180 days. This means that they will reach the shelves of the pharmacies much quicker.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1651181022258552832\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pharmaceutical companies say they are ready to discuss breakthroughs, and some commitments are already on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\"For us, that our products reach the patients is the objective. And that they reach as many patients as possible, as widely as possible,\" revealed\u00a0Nathalie Moll, Director General of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.efpia.eu///">European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations<\/a> (EFPIA).<\/p>\n<p>\"The differences in access and availability are multifactorial. There is not an easy fix. What we did as an industry, is to address the ones that are our responsibility by making a commitment to find a price in every single Member State within two years of when the products are approved.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//76//24//54//808x454_cmsv2_28685c5e-bfcb-54f8-b9de-76a78628ce18-7762454.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/384x216_cmsv2_28685c5e-bfcb-54f8-b9de-76a78628ce18-7762454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/640x360_cmsv2_28685c5e-bfcb-54f8-b9de-76a78628ce18-7762454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/750x422_cmsv2_28685c5e-bfcb-54f8-b9de-76a78628ce18-7762454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/828x466_cmsv2_28685c5e-bfcb-54f8-b9de-76a78628ce18-7762454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1080x608_cmsv2_28685c5e-bfcb-54f8-b9de-76a78628ce18-7762454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1200x675_cmsv2_28685c5e-bfcb-54f8-b9de-76a78628ce18-7762454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/24\/54\/1920x1080_cmsv2_28685c5e-bfcb-54f8-b9de-76a78628ce18-7762454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Nathalie Moll, Director General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The other part that we also developed as a proposal was to have a price framework so that countries are able to purchase products based on their buying power. Because different countries have different buying powers,\" Nathalie added.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the solutions might be, time is running out for certain patients. By volunteering in a research program, Kuba has been able to gain access to an efficient treatment for two years.\u00a0But what happens next remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>\"I will be worrying when the time comes. That is my motto, basically. 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to patients that they don't have the medicines they need?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How do pharmacists tell patients they don't have the drugs they need?","titleListing2":"Polish pharmacist Anna Milczarek-Alwaked tells Smart Health about the challenges she faces when key medicines are in short supply.","leadin":"Polish pharmacist Anna Milczarek-Alwaked tells Smart Health about the challenges she faces when key medicines are in short supply.","summary":"Polish pharmacist Anna Milczarek-Alwaked tells Smart Health about the challenges she faces when key medicines are in short supply.","url":"how-do-pharmacists-explain-to-patients-that-they-dont-have-the-medicines-they-need","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"European Union health systems can't always deliver patients the medicines they need, due to either temporary shortages or the lack of availability of particular treatments in a given country. \n\nSo how do pharmacists explain the issue to patients and clients? Anna Milczarek-Alwaked is a pharmacist in Warsaw, Poland's capital. She shared her experiences with Smart Health. \n\n\"Sometimes patients become aggressive. They are unhappy that I don't have the medicine they need, and they clearly show their unhappiness. \n\n\"When all my explanations have already been undermined, I always do the same thing. I explain that there is just one manufacturer of the main substances. Everything relies on this manufacturer. \n\n\"I tell them that medicines have different prices in the European Union and in the world, and that, for the manufacturer, it's always more profitable to sell drugs where the prices are higher. \n\n\"Manufacturers export more to whoever has more purchasing power. This is what I explain to the patients. \n\n\"Of course, they are sometimes full of resentment. They come and say that they are chronically ill. I tell them I don't have what they need and they say they do not have the strength to go to lots of different pharmacies.\u00a0 They really need this medicine here and now. \n\n\"Then I repeat to them that I can't order this drug that they have been prescribed because, at this given moment, it's not available here. \n\n\"But they insist. They tell me how badly they need this treatment. Then sometimes I try to import medicines from abroad, from the European Union. But they have a much higher price. But if the patient really needs this medicine, they will pay any price to have the treatment provided. \n\n\"I have a very wide offer and I want every client to leave my pharmacy with a medicine. I'm not afraid to listen to their criticism or their comments. The main problem is the price. Most of the unhappy comments we heard of at the counter are about the price of the medicines.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>European Union health systems can't always deliver patients the medicines they need, due to either temporary shortages or the lack of availability of particular treatments in a given country.<\/p>\n<p>So how do pharmacists explain the issue to patients and clients? Anna Milczarek-Alwaked is a pharmacist in Warsaw, Poland's capital. She shared her experiences with Smart Health.<\/p>\n<p>\"Sometimes patients become aggressive. They are unhappy that I don't have the medicine they need, and they clearly show their unhappiness.<\/p>\n<p>\"When all my explanations have already been undermined, I always do the same thing. I explain that there is just one manufacturer of the main substances. Everything relies on this manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>\"I tell them that medicines have different prices in the European Union and in the world, and that, for the manufacturer, it's always more profitable to sell drugs where the prices are higher.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7748596,7590146\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//13//how-do-medicines-end-up-in-our-water-and-can-we-stop-it/">How do medicines end up in our water and can we stop it?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//05//18//how-new-eu-incentives-will-help-all-patients-get-the-best-treatments/">How new EU incentives will help all patients get the best treatments<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Manufacturers export more to whoever has more purchasing power. This is what I explain to the patients.<\/p>\n<p>\"Of course, they are sometimes full of resentment. They come and say that they are chronically ill. I tell them I don't have what they need and they say they do not have the strength to go to lots of different pharmacies.\u00a0They really need this medicine here and now.<\/p>\n<p>\"Then I repeat to them that I can't order this drug that they have been prescribed because, at this given moment, it's not available here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//76//25//04//808x454_cmsv2_31e3ca0f-b7d7-5b51-93cc-7521292572b4-7762504.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/25\/04\/384x216_cmsv2_31e3ca0f-b7d7-5b51-93cc-7521292572b4-7762504.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/25\/04\/640x360_cmsv2_31e3ca0f-b7d7-5b51-93cc-7521292572b4-7762504.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/25\/04\/750x422_cmsv2_31e3ca0f-b7d7-5b51-93cc-7521292572b4-7762504.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/25\/04\/828x466_cmsv2_31e3ca0f-b7d7-5b51-93cc-7521292572b4-7762504.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/25\/04\/1080x608_cmsv2_31e3ca0f-b7d7-5b51-93cc-7521292572b4-7762504.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/25\/04\/1200x675_cmsv2_31e3ca0f-b7d7-5b51-93cc-7521292572b4-7762504.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/25\/04\/1920x1080_cmsv2_31e3ca0f-b7d7-5b51-93cc-7521292572b4-7762504.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pharmacist Anna Milczarek-Alwaked serves a customer at her pharmacy in Warsaw, Poland.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"But they insist. They tell me how badly they need this treatment. Then sometimes I try to import medicines from abroad, from the European Union. But they have a much higher price. But if the patient really needs this medicine, they will pay any price to have the treatment provided.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have a very wide offer and I want every client to leave my pharmacy with a medicine. I'm not afraid to listen to their criticism or their comments. The main problem is the price. 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Polish companies sign contracts with foreign firms to neutralise the waste, but in some cases just dump it at unauthorised sites, eventually burning it to make room for more. The toxic fires have drawn public concern over the problem. \n\nThe Polish penal code provides for up to 10 years in prison for illegal import and storage of waste that may be toxic. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland has made a complaint against Germany to the European Commission over tons of German waste, some of it allegedly toxic, brought and stored in unauthorised landfills across Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Poland\u2019s minister for climate and environment, Anna Moskwa, said the waste is being brought illegally and the complaint is a step toward taking Germany to the European Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Moskwa said the German government and local authorities failed to respond to Poland\u2019s requests for the waste to be removed from its territory.<\/p>\n<p>She said at least 35 tons of German waste are currently in Poland and appealed to the \u201cvery green\u201d German government to remove it.<\/p>\n<p>In Germany, the Environment Ministry said it didn\u2019t have the complaint and couldn\u2019t comment substantially on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson Christopher Stolzenberg said that, in general terms, illegal waste exports are something that the German government views with concern and wants to sharpen European Union rules on. <\/p>\n<p>Stolzenberg added that, in Germany, state governments rather than the federal government are responsible for implementing the law \u2013 investigating, tracing and ordering the return of illegal exports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said Berlin tries to help \u201cinformally\u201d where it can.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign waste stored in Poland has been an issue for years. Polish companies sign contracts with foreign firms to neutralise the waste, but in some cases just dump it at unauthorised sites, eventually burning it to make room for more. The toxic fires have drawn public concern over the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish penal code provides for up to 10 years in prison for illegal import and storage of waste that may be toxic.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690384792,"publishedAt":1690390065,"updatedAt":1690390068,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/26\/poland-complains-to-european-commission-about-german-waste-dumped-in-unauthorised-landfill","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/06\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_91df5dd3-dafe-5d60-808f-89b01ff71738-7780606.jpg","altText":"Poland has complained to the European Commission. ","caption":"Poland has complained to the European Commission. 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","summary":"The Polish city of Rzesz\u00f3w is creating more green spaces after a recent heatwave pushed temperatures up to 35C. ","url":"polish-city-pushes-for-more-green-spaces-as-country-is-hit-by-heatwave","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Rzesz\u00f3w - which sits close to the Ukrainian border - is one of Poland's greenest cities. That is because of a recent push to create more green spaces within the city's limits.\u00a0 \n\nTrees work as natural air conditioners for cities, as they create a microclimate that brings temperatures down. In a tree's shade, temperatures can be up to 20 degrees lower than in direct sunlight.\u00a0 \n\nHow did\u00a0Rzesz\u00f3w become one of\u00a0Poland's greenest cities? \n\nRzesz\u00f3w's residents and its city hall worked together to improve tree cover in the city. According to the city council's\u00a0spokesperson,\u00a0Artur Gernand, the local government asked residents where they wanted the trees planted.\u00a0 \n\n\"This is important because the inhabitants know best where they need shade, where they need this green colour, \" says Gernand. \"It is simply worth investing in greenery to make life friendlier so that the inhabitants feel comfortable and satisfied.\"\u00a0 \n\nHe adds that this year alone, the city planted around 1,000 trees. \n\nWhy are trees so important in cities? \n\nA recent EU study found that increasing tree coverage to 30 per cent in European cities could reduce deaths linked to the 'urban heat island' effect, where\u00a0heat is trapped between tall buildings and soaked up by asphalt and concrete. \n\n\nIn the cities involved in the study, it found that tree coverage could lower temperatures by an average 0.4\u00b0C, with a maximum effect of 5.9\u00b0C in some areas.\u00a0 \n\n\nAs Europe suffers through a summer of sweltering heatwaves , trees are more important than ever for mitigating deadly outcomes. \n\nAnother recent study by a joint Spanish and American research team found that people living near green spaces are on average 2.5 years biologically younger than those who do not. \n\n\nWatch Euronews' report by\u00a0Magdalena Chodownik in the video player above to learn more. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Rzesz\u00f3w - which sits close to the Ukrainian border - is one of Poland's greenest cities. That is because of a recent push to create more green spaces within the city's limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trees work as natural <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//30//absolutely-disastrous-air-conditioners-take-horror-toll-on-the-environment-campaigners-war/">air conditioners<\/strong><\/a> for cities, as they create a microclimate that brings temperatures down. In a tree's shade, temperatures can be up to 20 degrees lower than in direct sunlight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>How did\u00a0Rzesz\u00f3w become one of\u00a0Poland's greenest cities?<\/h2><p>Rzesz\u00f3w's residents and its city hall worked together to improve tree cover in the city. According to the city council's\u00a0spokesperson,\u00a0Artur Gernand, the local government asked residents where they wanted the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//28//where-are-the-world-s-tallest-trees-and-why-are-they-so-important/">trees planted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"This is important because the inhabitants know best where they need shade, where they need this <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//25//utrechts-new-vertical-forest-will-be-home-to-10000-plants-and-trees-how-will-residents-ben/">green colour,<\/strong><\/a>\" says Gernand. \"It is simply worth investing in greenery to make life friendlier so that the inhabitants feel comfortable and satisfied.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He adds that this year alone, the city planted around 1,000 trees.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7716542,6873626\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth 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The country's human rights representative is determined to fight them one by one.","leadin":"LGBT-Free Zones established years ago in Poland remain valid in a legal system controlled by right-wing conservatives. The country's human rights representative is determined to fight them one by one.","summary":"LGBT-Free Zones established years ago in Poland remain valid in a legal system controlled by right-wing conservatives. The country's human rights representative is determined to fight them one by one.","url":"could-polands-controversial-lgbt-free-zones-finally-be-consigned-to-history","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In 2019, a wave of Polish towns and cities passed resolutions declaring themselves \u201cLGBT-Free Zones\u201d that at one point encompassed one-third of the country. \n\nSince then, activists and legal experts have fought to revoke or nullify these declarations, chipping away at the bloc of LGBT-Free Zones largely found in the southeastern part of the country. \n\nSignificant progress has been difficult, since Poland has been facing a rule-of-law crisis going back to at least 2017, when the right-wing Law and Justice, or PiS party began spreading its influence on key bodies such as the Constitutional Court. \n\nThe crisis in the judiciary runs so deep that the EU initiated Article 7 proceedings against Poland, which suspend certain rights for member states if they are deemed to persistently be in breach of the EU\u2019s fundamental values. \n\nThe European Commission launched legal proceedings against Poland at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), in a case known as Commission v Poland, and the ECJ ordered Poland to suspend the laws that interfere with the independence of the judiciary. \n\nPoland ignored these rulings. \n\nNow the country\u2019s Human Rights Ombudsman, Marcin Wi\u0105cek, has decided to tackle both the homophobic resolutions and the faltering legal system at the same time. \n\nThe Office of the Ombudsman, while formally an institution financed by the government, exists in many countries as an independent one-man state body with the mandate to launch inquiries into violations of human rights perpetrated by any institution or body in the country. \n\nEven his election was marred by difficulty, with PiS blocking the opposition-backed candidate for 10 months. \n\n\u2018Fighting the rainbow plague\u2019 \n\nThis week, Wi\u0105cek launched a complaint against one of the municipalities that have held onto their LGBT-Free Zone designation since 2017. \n\nTusz\u00f3w Narodowy is a small settlement in the municipality of Rzesz\u00f3w known to those outside of Poland as one of the main stops along the Ukrainian refugee route from the border to Warsaw. \n\nLocal authorities have refused to rescind the anti-LGBT legislation, with the mayor stating that this \u201cwould mean taking the side of the rainbow plague, which is the aforementioned diabolical ideology, and consenting to downgrading the morals of young generations, starting from kindergarten.\u201d \n\nSo Wi\u0105cek decided to sue them in the administrative courts. \n\nHis complaint indicates that the anti-LGBT resolution \u201ccrosses the boundaries of public debate, violates the Constitution, international law and EU law\u201d as well as creating \u201cstigmatisation and an atmosphere of exclusion for the LGBT community.\u201d \n\n\u201cLegal and ideological issues concerning LGBT people are the subject of public debate in Poland. Participants in this debate may be local communities, as well as bodies of local government units,\u201d said Wi\u0105cek in a statement. \n\n\u201cHowever, this debate cannot be conducted in forms inconsistent with modern standards of human rights protection, in particular resulting in violation of human dignity and discrimination.\u201d \n\nCrucially, he is also getting the EU involved in what may seem like a very local fight. \n\nIn order for countries in the bloc to receive EU funds, they have to guarantee that these funds do not encourage or promote discrimination \u2013 as in, the EU needs to keep a check on whether those benefitting act in a discriminatory or exclusionary manner. \n\nSo while the country\u2019s Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy have said that they are \u201ctaking actions to verify the compliance of the spending of EU funds by local government units with the horizontal principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination,\u201d there has not been any move by the ministry to get these resolutions rescinded. \n\nWi\u0105cek insists that the issue of LGBT-Free Zones is not merely a matter of \u201cpublic opinion,\u201d but a mounting legal problem for Poland. \n\n\u201cThe wording contained in these resolutions leads to stigmatisation and creates an atmosphere of exclusion of LGBT people from local communities ... even humiliation ... and also has real legal effects, especially in the area of the possibility of absorbing EU funds,\u201d the statement continued. \n\n\u2018The world is possessed by Satan\u2019 \n\nTusz\u00f3w Narodowy is not backing down without a fight. \n\nLast month the mayor, Andrzej G\u0142az, held an event for local governments who do not want to say goodbye to these resolutions. \n\nHe claims that \u201cthe current world, influenced by LGBT ideology, has been possessed by Satan, eroticism and sex.\u201d \n\n\u201cWe do not deserve to be deprived of any EU funds in any way, because we have done nothing wrong,\u201d he said at the event, where representatives of 10 other localities participated. \n\n\u201cIf we want to talk about discrimination, it would be more appropriate to talk about discrimination against us, local governments, and through local governments, our residents,\u201d he said at a press conference after the meeting. \n\nMa\u0142gorzata Jarosi\u0144ska-Jedynak, the Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy \u2013 the very ministry that is supposed to monitor if EU funds are going to those that violate its values \u2013 attended the meeting. \n\nAccording to G\u0142az, she assured him that they will \u201clook for a good solution that would satisfy local government officials who are not withdrawing.\u201d \n\nA court system fighting itself \n\nWi\u0105cek is not the first Ombudsman to become the public face of the fight against LGBT-Free Zones. \n\nHis predecessor, Adam Bodnar, also sued the local administrations of Serniki, Istebna, Osiek, and Klw\u00f3w in the Supreme Administrative Court, which ruled that these resolutions needed to be repealed. \n\nJudge Ma\u0142gorzata Masternak-Kubiak stated in her justification for the decision that \u201cthe social effect of the resolutions is to violate the dignity, honour, good name and the private life of a specific group of residents,\u201d and that the state needs to protect and not attack marginalised or vulnerable groups. \n\nPoland has seen a strong wave of re-traditionalisation starting since the fall of communism, with the Catholic Church becoming a bedrock of the country\u2019s identity and many political parties and individuals championing conservative values. \n\nThis approach became particularly prominent after Law and Justice came to power in 2015. Their anti-LGBT and anti-progressive rhetoric posits that these \u201cideas\u201d are an unwanted import from the West that are not only unwelcome in Poland \u2013 but that also effectively weaken and undermine the country. \n\nAn ultra-conservative Catholic organisation, Ordo Iuris, which claims to promote a rethinking of Poland\u2019s legal framework, has been at the forefront of promotion the LGBT-Free Zones and defending their legal basis, along with other policies banning abortion and divorce. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In 2019, a wave of Polish towns and cities passed resolutions declaring themselves \u201cLGBT-Free Zones\u201d that at one point encompassed one-third of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, activists and legal experts have fought to revoke or nullify these declarations, chipping away at the bloc of LGBT-Free Zones largely found in the southeastern part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Significant progress has been difficult, since Poland has been facing a rule-of-law crisis going back to at least 2017, when the right-wing Law and Justice, or PiS party began spreading its influence on key bodies such as the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n<p>The crisis in the judiciary runs so deep that the EU initiated Article 7 proceedings against Poland, which suspend certain rights for member states if they are deemed to persistently be in breach of the EU\u2019s fundamental values.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission launched legal proceedings against Poland at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), in a case known as Commission v Poland, and the ECJ ordered Poland to suspend the laws that interfere with the independence of the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Poland ignored these rulings.<\/p>\n<p>Now the country\u2019s Human Rights Ombudsman, Marcin Wi\u0105cek, has decided to tackle both the homophobic resolutions and the faltering legal system at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Ombudsman, while formally an institution financed by the government, exists in many countries as an independent one-man state body with the mandate to launch inquiries into violations of human rights perpetrated by any institution or body in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Even his election was marred by difficulty, with PiS blocking the opposition-backed candidate for 10 months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1679844444470759424\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>\u2018Fighting the rainbow plague\u2019<\/h2><p>This week, Wi\u0105cek launched a complaint against one of the municipalities that have held onto their LGBT-Free Zone designation since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Tusz\u00f3w Narodowy is a small settlement in the municipality of Rzesz\u00f3w known to those outside of Poland as one of the main stops along the Ukrainian refugee route from the border to Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities have refused to rescind the anti-LGBT legislation, with the mayor stating that this \u201cwould mean taking the side of the rainbow plague, which is the aforementioned diabolical ideology, and consenting to downgrading the morals of young generations, starting from kindergarten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So Wi\u0105cek decided to sue them in the administrative courts.<\/p>\n<p>His complaint indicates that the anti-LGBT resolution \u201ccrosses the boundaries of public debate, violates the Constitution, international law and EU law\u201d as well as creating \u201cstigmatisation and an atmosphere of exclusion for the LGBT community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLegal and ideological issues concerning LGBT people are the subject of public debate in Poland. Participants in this debate may be local communities, as well as bodies of local government units,\u201d said Wi\u0105cek in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, this debate cannot be conducted in forms inconsistent with modern standards of human rights protection, in particular resulting in violation of human dignity and discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, he is also getting the EU involved in what may seem like a very local fight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//76//67//86//808x539_cmsv2_80d6e57a-eb4b-5146-b8d3-3fceb77c7c5c-7766786.jpg/" alt=\"Przemys\u0142aw Stefaniak/Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/384x256_cmsv2_80d6e57a-eb4b-5146-b8d3-3fceb77c7c5c-7766786.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/640x427_cmsv2_80d6e57a-eb4b-5146-b8d3-3fceb77c7c5c-7766786.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/750x500_cmsv2_80d6e57a-eb4b-5146-b8d3-3fceb77c7c5c-7766786.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/828x552_cmsv2_80d6e57a-eb4b-5146-b8d3-3fceb77c7c5c-7766786.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/1080x720_cmsv2_80d6e57a-eb4b-5146-b8d3-3fceb77c7c5c-7766786.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/1200x800_cmsv2_80d6e57a-eb4b-5146-b8d3-3fceb77c7c5c-7766786.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/1920x1281_cmsv2_80d6e57a-eb4b-5146-b8d3-3fceb77c7c5c-7766786.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Bart Staszewski, an LGBT activist, holds up a sign he uses to protest anti-LGBT resolutions, in Warsaw, Poland. 24 January 2020<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Przemys\u0142aw Stefaniak/Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In order for countries in the bloc to receive EU funds, they have to guarantee that these funds do not encourage or promote discrimination \u2013 as in, the EU needs to keep a check on whether those benefitting act in a discriminatory or exclusionary manner.<\/p>\n<p>So while the country\u2019s Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy have said that they are \u201ctaking actions to verify the compliance of the spending of EU funds by local government units with the horizontal principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination,\u201d there has not been any move by the ministry to get these resolutions rescinded.<\/p>\n<p>Wi\u0105cek insists that the issue of LGBT-Free Zones is not merely a matter of \u201cpublic opinion,\u201d but a mounting legal problem for Poland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wording contained in these resolutions leads to stigmatisation and creates an atmosphere of exclusion of LGBT people from local communities ... even humiliation ... and also has real legal effects, especially in the area of the possibility of absorbing EU funds,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018The world is possessed by Satan\u2019<\/h2><p>Tusz\u00f3w Narodowy is not backing down without a fight.<\/p>\n<p>Last month the mayor, Andrzej G\u0142az, held an event for local governments who do not want to say goodbye to these resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>He claims that \u201cthe current world, influenced by LGBT ideology, has been possessed by Satan, eroticism and sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not deserve to be deprived of any EU funds in any way, because we have done nothing wrong,\u201d he said at the event, where representatives of 10 other localities participated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we want to talk about discrimination, it would be more appropriate to talk about discrimination against us, local governments, and through local governments, our residents,\u201d he said at a press conference after the meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1671787730013962240\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ma\u0142gorzata Jarosi\u0144ska-Jedynak, the Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy \u2013 the very ministry that is supposed to monitor if EU funds are going to those that violate its values \u2013 attended the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>According to G\u0142az, she assured him that they will \u201clook for a good solution that would satisfy local government officials who are not withdrawing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A court system fighting itself<\/h2><p>Wi\u0105cek is not the first Ombudsman to become the public face of the fight against LGBT-Free Zones.<\/p>\n<p>His predecessor, Adam Bodnar, also sued the local administrations of Serniki, Istebna, Osiek, and Klw\u00f3w in the Supreme Administrative Court, which ruled that these resolutions needed to be repealed.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Ma\u0142gorzata Masternak-Kubiak stated in her justification for the decision that \u201cthe social effect of the resolutions is to violate the dignity, honour, good name and the private life of a specific group of residents,\u201d and that the state needs to protect and not attack marginalised or vulnerable groups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.74609375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//76//67//86//808x603_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg/" alt=\"Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/384x287_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/640x478_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/750x560_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/828x618_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/1080x806_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/1200x895_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/1920x1433_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Police separate protesting women's rights activists from a member of Ordo Iuris, a conservative anti-abortion organization in Warsaw, Poland. 25 October 2020<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Poland has seen a strong wave of re-traditionalisation starting since the fall of communism, with the Catholic Church becoming a bedrock of the country\u2019s identity and many political parties and individuals championing conservative values.<\/p>\n<p>This approach became particularly prominent after Law and Justice came to power in 2015. Their anti-LGBT and anti-progressive rhetoric posits that these \u201cideas\u201d are an unwanted import from the West that are not only unwelcome in Poland \u2013 but that also effectively weaken and undermine the country.<\/p>\n<p>An ultra-conservative Catholic organisation, Ordo Iuris, which claims to promote a rethinking of Poland\u2019s legal framework, has been at the forefront of promotion the LGBT-Free Zones and defending their legal basis, along with other policies banning abortion and divorce.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1689863046,"publishedAt":1689913209,"updatedAt":1690027455,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/21\/could-polands-controversial-lgbt-free-zones-finally-be-consigned-to-history","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3fa0e748-4296-519e-a219-64c0bac182af-7766786.jpg","altText":"People take part in the yearly pride parade, known as the Equality Parade, in Warsaw, Poland. 17 June 2023","caption":"People take part in the yearly pride parade, known as the Equality Parade, in Warsaw, Poland. 17 June 2023","captionCredit":"AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1630,"height":1088},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/76\/67\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2003f429-9391-5311-808d-a81aedd1eab2-7766786.jpg","altText":"Police separate protesting women's rights activists from a member of Ordo Iuris, a conservative anti-abortion organization in Warsaw, Poland. 25 October 2020","caption":"Police separate protesting women's rights activists from a member of Ordo Iuris, a conservative anti-abortion organization in Warsaw, Poland. 25 October 2020","captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2020 The AP. 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But the anniversary of WWII massacre has roused some in the country who think Ukraine should apologise for its ","leadin":"Could the seemingly foolproof relationship between Ukraine and Poland be tainted by events that occurred 80 years ago? The far-right thinks so.","summary":"Could the seemingly foolproof relationship between Ukraine and Poland be tainted by events that occurred 80 years ago? The far-right thinks so.","url":"polands-far-right-parties-foment-anti-ukrainian-sentiment","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\u201cHold Ukraine to account for promoting Banderism and Nazism!\u201d \n\nThis chant would not be surprising if it was blasted from one of the many Russian government-backed TV channels that feed the country\u2019s public a daily stream of incendiary rhetoric and disinformation about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. \n\nFewer people would expect it to happen in Poland, a country that immediately declared its support for Ukraine after the full-scale invasion was launched in February 2022, and which continues to accept Ukrainian refugees as well as supply the country with weapons and military training. \n\nMembers of a small but increasingly influential group of far-right movements in Poland have consistently tried to cast doubt on the government\u2019s support of Ukraine. Their efforts reached a zenith in the past few days as Poland marked the 80th anniversary Volhynia massacre. \n\nWhat is the\u00a0Volhynia massacre? \n\nDuring World War II, the Ukrainian population resisted the eastward advance of Nazi Germany as part of several separate formations. \n\nThe most significant part of the population fought with the Soviet army against fascist forces, with Ukrainians making up the largest number of total Soviet casualties. \n\nAnother group active during the war was a radical faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B), who killed and deported tens of thousands of ethnic Poles who lived in the Volhynia region or Wo\u0142y\u0144, as it is known in Polish. \n\nThroughout history, Poland has claimed ownership of the region several times, and it was subject to continuous disputes between the two countries. \n\nAccording to Ukrainian ultranationalists, the massacres were carried out to prevent future Polish claims to the area. The Volhynia massacres are widely considered to be an ethnic cleansing campaign by historians, while Poland officially declared it a genocide in 2016. \n\nAnalysts have described the issue of Volhynia massacre as being akin to \u201cplanting an explosive device\u201d in Polish-Ukrainian relations. \n\nCritics of those who misrepresent the issue have argued it plays directly into the hands of Russian propaganda, as Moscow is widely documented to have spent a significant amount of time provoking disputes between Ukraine and its neighbours to weaken the amount of support it receives during the invasion. \n\n\u2018Poland above everything\u2019 \n\nThe far-right groups protested and marched in several Polish cities, including Warsaw and Krakow, under the guise of marking the anniversary of the massacres, which reached their peak in July and August 1943. \n\nPoland has organised several events starting late last week to honour the victims. \n\nThey demand that Ukrainian authorities exhume the bodies of the victims of the massacre, ostensibly to have them reburied according to Catholic rites in Poland. \n\nThey also demand that Ukraine be denied a spot in the European Union and NATO until it stops \u201cpromoting Banderism and Nazism\u201d, and that these groups be officially criminalised in Poland, as well as for Ukraine to sign a \u201cdebt promissory note\u201d to the amount of 75 billion Polish z\u0142oty (\u20ac16 bn). \n\nUntil then, they want the Polish government to also \u201cstop sending arms across the eastern border.\u201d \n\nThe figureheads of this movement are individuals like Krzysztof To\u0142wi\u0144ski, a man who describes his ideology as \u201cturbo patriotism\u201d and was previously a member of the far-right Konfederacja political alliance. \n\nWhile Konfederacja was never a major party in the country, it represents a combination of the most conservative political stances in the country \u2013 they are openly anti-feminist, anti-immigration and express nativist, xenophobic and antisemitic views. \n\nWhile not a force to be reckoned with on a national level, they have had seats in the Sejm and regularly run candidates for the presidential elections, often serving as a platform for views further to the extreme right from the ruling Law and Justice, or PiS party. \n\nTo\u0142wi\u0144ski, who also promotes an agrarian platform and has made campaign speeches in front of cows grazing the fields, claimed that \u201cUkraine is an economic enemy, especially when it comes to agriculture!\u201d \n\nHe also regularly disseminates conspiracy theories, recently stating that \u201cUkraine does not own its lands\u201d and that \u201cinternational funds rule the country\u201d. \n\nTo\u0142wi\u0144ski has formed a new party, called Front, and plans to run in this year\u2019s elections. \n\nAre Polish authorities participating in anti-Ukrainianism? \n\nThe ongoing dispute was launched when Polish officials, including Foreign spokesman Ministry \u0141ukasz Jasina, said that Poland has requested a formal apology from Ukraine for the massacres. \n\nUkraine\u2019s ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, reacted by calling the demands \u201cunacceptable and unfortunate\u201d. \n\nThis provided an opportunity for the Polish government, which often latches on to issues of perceived Polish victimhood, to double down. \n\nLast Friday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki travelled to Ukraine and visited the sites of the massacres where Poles were wiped out by nationalist Ukrainian forces, putting up commemorative crosses and visiting local cemeteries where some of the victims were buried. \n\n\u201cI will not rest until the last victim of that terrible Volhynia Massacre is found and buried with respect,\" Morawiecki declared. \n\nIn an attempt to paper over the cracks, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made an unannounced trip to Lutsk on Sunday, also found in the western part of the country and close to the border with Poland. \n\nHe participated in a joint service with his Polish counterpart, President Andrzej Duda, and after the event they posted a tweet saying, \u201cTogether we pay tribute to the innocent victims of Volhynia! Memory unites us!\u201d and \u201cTogether we are stronger\u201d. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>\u201cHold Ukraine to account for promoting Banderism and Nazism!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This chant would not be surprising if it was blasted from one of the many Russian government-backed TV channels that feed the country\u2019s public a daily stream of incendiary rhetoric and disinformation about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Fewer people would expect it to happen in Poland, a country that immediately declared its support for Ukraine after the full-scale invasion was launched in February 2022, and which continues to accept Ukrainian refugees as well as supply the country with weapons and military training.<\/p>\n<p>Members of a small but increasingly influential group of far-right movements in Poland have consistently tried to cast doubt on the government\u2019s support of Ukraine. Their efforts reached a zenith in the past few days as Poland marked the 80th anniversary Volhynia massacre.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the\u00a0Volhynia massacre?<\/strong><\/h2><p>During World War II, the Ukrainian population resisted the eastward advance of Nazi Germany as part of several separate formations.<\/p>\n<p>The most significant part of the population fought with the Soviet army against fascist forces, with Ukrainians making up the largest number of total Soviet casualties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//91//66//808x539_cmsv2_aae10ee1-cedc-5dd1-9edd-45fff6ae8ab5-7749166.jpg/" alt=\"Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_aae10ee1-cedc-5dd1-9edd-45fff6ae8ab5-7749166.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/640x426_cmsv2_aae10ee1-cedc-5dd1-9edd-45fff6ae8ab5-7749166.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_aae10ee1-cedc-5dd1-9edd-45fff6ae8ab5-7749166.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/828x551_cmsv2_aae10ee1-cedc-5dd1-9edd-45fff6ae8ab5-7749166.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/1080x719_cmsv2_aae10ee1-cedc-5dd1-9edd-45fff6ae8ab5-7749166.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/1200x799_cmsv2_aae10ee1-cedc-5dd1-9edd-45fff6ae8ab5-7749166.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/1920x1279_cmsv2_aae10ee1-cedc-5dd1-9edd-45fff6ae8ab5-7749166.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters hold a photograph of a Polish parish priest murdered by Ukrainian nationalists in 1943 outside a reconciliation service. 7 July 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another group active during the war was a radical faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B), who killed and deported tens of thousands of ethnic Poles who lived in the Volhynia region or Wo\u0142y\u0144, as it is known in Polish.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout history, Poland has claimed ownership of the region several times, and it was subject to continuous disputes between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukrainian ultranationalists, the massacres were carried out to prevent future Polish claims to the area. The Volhynia massacres are widely considered to be an ethnic cleansing campaign by historians, while Poland officially declared it a genocide in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts have described the issue of Volhynia massacre as being akin to \u201cplanting an explosive device\u201d in Polish-Ukrainian relations.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of those who misrepresent the issue have argued it plays directly into the hands of Russian propaganda, as Moscow is widely documented to have spent a significant amount of time provoking disputes between Ukraine and its neighbours to weaken the amount of support it receives during the invasion.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Poland above everything\u2019<\/h2><p>The far-right groups protested and marched in several Polish cities, including Warsaw and Krakow, under the guise of marking the anniversary of the massacres, which reached their peak in July and August 1943.<\/p>\n<p>Poland has organised several events starting late last week to honour the victims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1678034023044591626\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>They demand that Ukrainian authorities exhume the bodies of the victims of the massacre, ostensibly to have them reburied according to Catholic rites in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>They also demand that Ukraine be denied a spot in the European Union and NATO until it stops \u201cpromoting Banderism and Nazism\u201d, and that these groups be officially criminalised in Poland, as well as for Ukraine to sign a \u201cdebt promissory note\u201d to the amount of 75 billion Polish z\u0142oty (\u20ac16 bn).<\/p>\n<p>Until then, they want the Polish government to also \u201cstop sending arms across the eastern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The figureheads of this movement are individuals like Krzysztof To\u0142wi\u0144ski, a man who describes his ideology as \u201cturbo patriotism\u201d and was previously a member of the far-right Konfederacja political alliance.<\/p>\n<p>While Konfederacja was never a major party in the country, it represents a combination of the most conservative political stances in the country \u2013 they are openly anti-feminist, anti-immigration and express nativist, xenophobic and antisemitic views.<\/p>\n<p>While not a force to be reckoned with on a national level, they have had seats in the Sejm and regularly run candidates for the presidential elections, often serving as a platform for views further to the extreme right from the ruling Law and Justice, or PiS party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//23//47//32//808x539_cmsv2_0f2dfea0-d70b-5205-b20b-4d105b872d60-7234732.jpg/" alt=\"Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2021 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/23\/47\/32\/384x256_cmsv2_0f2dfea0-d70b-5205-b20b-4d105b872d60-7234732.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/23\/47\/32\/640x427_cmsv2_0f2dfea0-d70b-5205-b20b-4d105b872d60-7234732.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/23\/47\/32\/750x500_cmsv2_0f2dfea0-d70b-5205-b20b-4d105b872d60-7234732.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/23\/47\/32\/828x552_cmsv2_0f2dfea0-d70b-5205-b20b-4d105b872d60-7234732.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/23\/47\/32\/1080x720_cmsv2_0f2dfea0-d70b-5205-b20b-4d105b872d60-7234732.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/23\/47\/32\/1200x800_cmsv2_0f2dfea0-d70b-5205-b20b-4d105b872d60-7234732.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/23\/47\/32\/1920x1281_cmsv2_0f2dfea0-d70b-5205-b20b-4d105b872d60-7234732.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Members of far-right groups light flares as they try to dominate the annual Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland. 11 November 2021<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2021 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To\u0142wi\u0144ski, who also promotes an agrarian platform and has made campaign speeches in front of cows grazing the fields, claimed that \u201cUkraine is an economic enemy, especially when it comes to agriculture!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also regularly disseminates conspiracy theories, recently stating that \u201cUkraine does not own its lands\u201d and that \u201cinternational funds rule the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>To\u0142wi\u0144ski has formed a new party, called Front, and plans to run in this year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<h2>Are Polish authorities participating in anti-Ukrainianism?<\/h2><p>The ongoing dispute was launched when Polish officials, including Foreign spokesman Ministry \u0141ukasz Jasina, said that Poland has requested a formal apology from Ukraine for the massacres.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, reacted by calling the demands \u201cunacceptable and unfortunate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This provided an opportunity for the Polish government, which often latches on to issues of perceived Polish victimhood, to double down.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki travelled to Ukraine and visited the sites of the massacres where Poles were wiped out by nationalist Ukrainian forces, putting up commemorative crosses and visiting local cemeteries where some of the victims were buried.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//91//66//808x539_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg/" alt=\"Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/1920x1281_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Archbishop Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the head of Poland's Roman Catholic Church at a reconciliation service in Poland. 7 July 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will not rest until the last victim of that terrible Volhynia Massacre is found and buried with respect,\" Morawiecki declared.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to paper over the cracks, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made an unannounced trip to Lutsk on Sunday, also found in the western part of the country and close to the border with Poland.<\/p>\n<p>He participated in a joint service with his Polish counterpart, President Andrzej Duda, and after the event they posted a tweet saying, \u201cTogether we pay tribute to the innocent victims of Volhynia! Memory unites us!\u201d and \u201cTogether we are stronger\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1689249081,"publishedAt":1689310807,"updatedAt":1689312421,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/14\/polands-far-right-parties-foment-anti-ukrainian-sentiment","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f9723b6b-a069-566d-805d-541b0c4adf0d-7749166.jpg","altText":"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish President Andrzej Duda shake hands after a news in Kyiv, Ukraine. 28 June 2023","caption":"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish President Andrzej Duda shake hands after a news in Kyiv, Ukraine. 28 June 2023","captionCredit":"AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1471,"height":891},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/91\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1e4ad710-daef-598f-a339-c1aaed481194-7749166.jpg","altText":"Archbishop Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the head of Poland's Roman Catholic Church at a reconciliation service in Poland. 7 July 2023","caption":"Archbishop Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the head of Poland's Roman Catholic Church at a reconciliation service in Poland. 7 July 2023","captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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demand for recognition of WWII massacres sparks row with Ukraine","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Polish demand for recognition of WWII massacres sparks row with Kyiv","titleListing2":"Poland is marking the 80th anniversary of massacres committed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II, possibly endangering its relationship with Kyiv and fuelling Russian propaganda.","leadin":"Poland is marking the 80th anniversary of massacres committed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II, possibly endangering its relationship with Kyiv and fuelling Russian propaganda.","summary":"Poland is marking the 80th anniversary of massacres committed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II, possibly endangering its relationship with Kyiv and fuelling Russian propaganda.","url":"polish-demand-for-recognition-of-wwii-massacres-sparks-row-with-ukraine","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The invasion of Ukraine has inflamed some of the most contentious historical issues on a continent that has been shaped by war for much of its history. \n\nAnd even Poland, perhaps Ukraine\u2019s staunchest ally since the launch of the full-scale invasion of the country, has not been spared. \n\nOn Friday, Poland\u2019s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Catholic church leaders launched a series of observances to honour the victims of World War II era massacres that saw of tens of thousands of Poles murdered by Ukrainian nationalists. \n\n\u201cWe can say that for many years this has been an unhealed wound in Polish-Ukrainian relations,\" Rafal Bochenek, the spokesperson for Poland's ruling Law and Justice party. \n\n\u201cWe would expect truth to be told and things to be called by their proper name,\" Bochenek said. \n\nThe killings took place in Volhynia and other regions of what was then eastern Poland, an area controlled by Nazi Germany that was absorbed into the Soviet Union before becoming part of western Ukraine. \n\nThe renewed attention to the incident has strained the otherwise airtight relations between the neighbouring nations. \n\nPoland insists that the 1943-44 massacre of some 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalists was genocide, and many Poles still harbour grudges for family members who were brutally killed in the massacres. \n\nEntire villages were burned down and all their inhabitants killed by nationalists and their helpers who sought to establish an independent Ukrainian state. Some 15,000 Ukrainians, meanwhile, lost their lives in retaliatory killings. \n\n\nThe latest spat began last week when Poland\u2019s foreign ministry spokesman, Lukasz Jasina, said that on this 80th anniversary of the events, Poland was expecting an apology from Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the 1943-44 massacres. \n\nUkraine\u2019s ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, reacted by saying that any suggestions of what Kyiv or Zelenskyy should do were \u201cunacceptable and unfortunate.\u201d \n\nHe later toned down the statement to say Ukraine was \u201copen to dialogue\u201d about history and honored the memory of the victims. He stressed the value of current cooperation by saying the two neighbouring nations are \u201dstronger together.\u201d \n\nPolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki travelled to Ukraine early on Friday to visit the scenes of various massacres, including where the entire villages of Ostrowki and Puzniki were wiped out by units of Ukraine's nationalist forces. \n\nHe put up commemorative crosses there and visited local cemeteries where some of the victims were buried. Not all burial sites are known. \n\n\u201cI will not rest until the last victim of that terrible Volhynia Massacre is found and buried with respect,\" Morawiecki said. \n\nThe leader of Poland's Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, and the Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church held a joint reconciliation religious service Friday in Warsaw. \n\nThe days of observances will culminate on Tuesday, marking the 80th anniversary of the incidents. \n\nPoland has long pursued Kyiv\u2019s permission to search for burial sites so that Polish victims might be exhumed, identified and commemorated. \n\nSome of the Ukrainian nationalist leaders who were responsible for instigating the massacres are lauded in Ukraine for fighting for the nation's independence during World War II, leading to strains in relations with Poland. But Ukraine's authorities recently signalled a more open approach to Poland's expectations. \n\nPoland\u2019s leaders have insisted that bringing the full truth into the open will strengthen bilateral relations with Ukraine and neutralise vulnerabilities that could be exploited by third countries seeking to undermine these ties. \n\n\u201cWe must be aware, Poles and Ukrainians, that without the full clarification and full record of the Volhynia crimes, Russia will always be using this card to drive a wedge between Poles and Ukrainians,\" Morawiecki said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The invasion of Ukraine has inflamed some of the most contentious historical issues on a continent that has been shaped by war for much of its history.<\/p>\n<p>And even Poland, perhaps Ukraine\u2019s staunchest ally since the launch of the full-scale invasion of the country, has not been spared.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Poland\u2019s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Catholic church leaders launched a series of observances to honour the victims of World War II era massacres that saw of tens of thousands of Poles murdered by Ukrainian nationalists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can say that for many years this has been an unhealed wound in Polish-Ukrainian relations,\" Rafal Bochenek, the spokesperson for Poland's ruling Law and Justice party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would expect truth to be told and things to be called by their proper name,\" Bochenek said.<\/p>\n<p>The killings took place in Volhynia and other regions of what was then eastern Poland, an area controlled by Nazi Germany that was absorbed into the Soviet Union before becoming part of western Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed attention to the incident has strained the otherwise airtight relations between the neighbouring nations. <\/p>\n<p>Poland insists that the 1943-44 massacre of some 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalists was genocide, and many Poles still harbour grudges for family members who were brutally killed in the massacres.<\/p>\n<p>Entire villages were burned down and all their inhabitants killed by nationalists and their helpers who sought to establish an independent Ukrainian state. Some 15,000 Ukrainians, meanwhile, lost their lives in retaliatory killings. <\/p>\n<p>The latest spat began last week when Poland\u2019s foreign ministry spokesman, Lukasz Jasina, said that on this 80th anniversary of the events, Poland was expecting an apology from Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the 1943-44 massacres.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, reacted by saying that any suggestions of what Kyiv or Zelenskyy should do were \u201cunacceptable and unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later toned down the statement to say Ukraine was \u201copen to dialogue\u201d about history and honored the memory of the victims. He stressed the value of current cooperation by saying the two neighbouring nations are \u201dstronger together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki travelled to Ukraine early on Friday to visit the scenes of various massacres, including where the entire villages of Ostrowki and Puzniki were wiped out by units of Ukraine's nationalist forces.<\/p>\n<p>He put up commemorative crosses there and visited local cemeteries where some of the victims were buried. Not all burial sites are known.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not rest until the last victim of that terrible Volhynia Massacre is found and buried with respect,\" Morawiecki said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666236281471918\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//73//57//96//808x539_cmsv2_46e17b1c-9eda-51cb-9494-824b636a35fd-7735796.jpg/" alt=\"Michal Dyjuk/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The leader of Poland's Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, and the Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church held a joint reconciliation religious service Friday in Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>The days of observances will culminate on Tuesday, marking the 80th anniversary of the incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Poland has long pursued Kyiv\u2019s permission to search for burial sites so that Polish victims might be exhumed, identified and commemorated.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Ukrainian nationalist leaders who were responsible for instigating the massacres are lauded in Ukraine for fighting for the nation's independence during World War II, leading to strains in relations with Poland. But Ukraine's authorities recently signalled a more open approach to Poland's expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Poland\u2019s leaders have insisted that bringing the full truth into the open will strengthen bilateral relations with Ukraine and neutralise vulnerabilities that could be exploited by third countries seeking to undermine these ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must be aware, Poles and Ukrainians, that without the full clarification and full record of the Volhynia crimes, Russia will always be using this card to drive a wedge between Poles and Ukrainians,\" Morawiecki said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1688736967,"publishedAt":1688740714,"updatedAt":1688740717,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/07\/07\/polish-demand-for-recognition-of-wwii-massacres-sparks-row-with-ukraine","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/57\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a868ff20-f6bd-5e51-b844-b3d4c9122cd8-7735796.jpg","altText":" People hold portrait of a Polish parish priest murdered by Ukrainian nationalists in 1943 during a reconciliation service in Warsaw. 7 July 2023","caption":" People hold portrait of a Polish parish priest murdered by Ukrainian nationalists in 1943 during a reconciliation service in Warsaw. 7 July 2023","captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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We are moving [with the lawsuits] in the direction of compensation, in the direction of hard data. That is - this is how much he would have earned if not for the war.\u00a0 \n\n\"We recognise in such situations that if someone has benefited from someone else's damage, they should make a compensation. This is the understanding of justice.\" \n\nThis private lawsuit comes parallel to relentless demands from the Polish government for reparations from the German side. \n\nArkadiusz Mularczyk from the polis Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained:\u00a0\"Our activities are primarily informative, but also diplomatic.\u00a0 \n\n\"We try to gain the interest of international organisations, but also international partners, on the issue of injustice after the Second World War for different countries, asymmetric treatment of Germans, different countries, and different nations.\u00a0 \n\n\"We point out that this violates the elementary principles of international law, the rule of law and human rights.\" \n\nThe coordinator of cooperation between Poland and Germany's foreign affairs ministry told Euronews he could not comment on the issue in the coming weeks. In an email, the German Embassy in Poland responded: \n\n\u201cThe German Government's position on reparation claims is well known and unchanged. This issue is closed in the view of the Federal Government. \n\n\"We have taken note of the reporting on the court proceedings against two companies. These are ongoing proceedings before a Polish court, which we do not comment on further.\u201d \n\nHowever, experts said that while World War II crimes remain a fraught issue, they do not threaten Polish-German relations. \n\n\"The legacy of the Second World War weighs heavily on Polish-German relations and will probably weigh them down in the coming decades,\"\u00a0Lukasz Jasinski from the Polish Institute of International Affairs said. \n\n\"There is some fear of precedent. In short, if the German side said, that they would pay reparations to Poland, whether all or part of it, then other countries would almost certainly join the queue.\" \n\nNevertheless, the opinions of Poles\u00a0on the issue of reparations from Germany are divided.\u00a0 \n\nSome say the subject should be already closed. Others argue only compensation will close it.\u00a0 \n\nGermans, on the other hand, seem to pretend that the topic does not exist. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Descendants of two Polish Nazi victims have filed compensation claims to the value of \u20ac4.3 million against Germany companies Bayer and Henschel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During World War II Henschel took over a company owned by Leopold Wellisz, while the second victim, Tadeusz Sledzinski, was sent to a forced labour camp for a subsidiary of Bayer.<\/p>\n<p>Monika Brzozowska-Pasieka is a lawyer from the campaign group 'Defenders for Defenders War Compensation Foundation' and said:\u00a0 \"Tadeusz Sledzinski earned 950 PLN before the war.\u00a0\u00a0He was a great engineer, [he had] 29 patents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Leopold Wiellisz, wealthy financier, entrepreneur and philanthropist. We are moving [with the lawsuits] in the direction of compensation, in the direction of hard data. That is - this is how much he would have earned if not for the war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We recognise in such situations that if someone has benefited from someone else's damage, they should make a compensation. This is the understanding of justice.\"<\/p>\n<p>This private lawsuit comes parallel to relentless demands from the Polish government for reparations from the German side.<\/p>\n<p>Arkadiusz Mularczyk from the polis Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained:\u00a0\"Our activities are primarily informative, but also diplomatic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We try to gain the interest of international organisations, but also international partners, on the issue of injustice after the Second World War for different countries, asymmetric treatment of Germans, different countries, and different nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We point out that this violates the elementary principles of international law, the rule of law and human rights.\"<\/p>\n<p>The coordinator of cooperation between Poland and Germany's foreign affairs ministry told Euronews he could not comment on the issue in the coming weeks. In an email, the German Embassy in Poland responded:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe German Government's position on reparation claims is well known and unchanged. This issue is closed in the view of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have taken note of the reporting on the court proceedings against two companies. These are ongoing proceedings before a Polish court, which we do not comment on further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, experts said that while World War II crimes remain a fraught issue, they do not threaten Polish-German relations.<\/p>\n<p>\"The legacy of the Second World War weighs heavily on Polish-German relations and will probably weigh them down in the coming decades,\"\u00a0Lukasz Jasinski from the Polish Institute of International Affairs said.<\/p>\n<p>\"There is some fear of precedent. In short, if the German side said, that they would pay reparations to Poland, whether all or part of it, then other countries would almost certainly join the queue.\"<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the opinions of Poles\u00a0on the issue of reparations from Germany are divided.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some say the subject should be already closed. Others argue only compensation will close it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Germans, on the other hand, seem to pretend that the topic does not exist.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1687930140,"publishedAt":1687942578,"updatedAt":1687942985,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/06\/28\/polish-descendants-of-nazi-victims-demand-compensation-from-germany","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/71\/22\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1dd8dab9-b988-5f7f-ba13-8a7fc54ee6dd-7712288.jpg","altText":"Monika Brzozowska-Pasieka, lawyer, 'Defenders for Defenders War Compensation Foundation'","caption":"Monika Brzozowska-Pasieka, lawyer, 'Defenders for Defenders War Compensation Foundation'","captionCredit":"Euronews 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It is not legal until September 15 at least. These grains will not flow to Poland. Only transit is possible.\" \n\nAlthough the decision of the EU, supported by the government, brings temporary relief, it was not met with much approval from Polish farmers, who fear that in a few months, they will face the same problems again. \n\nWieslaw Gryn is one of the unhappy farmers.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\n\"Today, it is said that it will be completely closed but until September 15,\" he says. \"It gives us practically nothing.\u00a0 \n\n\"Agriculture is a profession not for a moment, but for years. Farmers lost these benefits overnight because they were selling at a much lower price.\u00a0 \n\n\"Today we practically do not know what to sow, what to grow to make it marketable. This undermines the stability. Even the contacts between mills and feed-mixing plants broke off, where there were already permanent supply cycles.\u00a0 \n\n\"This controlled chain 'from farm to table' cracked. We should not compete with Ukraine, but together, both, export and sell.\" \n\nMany analysts insist it is worth protecting Polish agriculture, which is not only ecological and meets EU standards, but also contributes to the increase of food security in Europe. \n\nSonia Sobczyk-Grygiel is from Polityka Insight, which provides information and research for decision-makers. \n\n\"The problem of competition from the Ukrainian agriculture side for the Polish agriculture is very serious,\" she says. And she asks: \"What is it based on? Due to the fact that Ukraine has very good conditions for agricultural production, it has a cheaper labour force.\u00a0 \n\n\"The lesson to be learned is that the Poles should prepare themselves and develop a cross-party strategy, but it is also an appeal to the European Union to estimate, when making decisions, the consequences of such regulations. \n\nBlocking imports of Ukrainian grain is a temporary solution that does not satisfy any of the parties.\u00a0 \n\nConsidering the benefits of this cooperation, as well as Ukraine's links with the EU, a systematic, long-term solution is needed. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The European Union has again extended a ban on Ukrainian grain imports to five countries, including Poland.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows anger and protests from Polish farmers who were left with unsold grain or forced to sell it cheaply when faced with lower Ukrainian prices.<\/p>\n<p>Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Krzysztof Cieci\u00f3ra explained: \"We have fulfilled their main demand, i.e. stopping the pressure of grain imports from Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Today there is no such permission. It is not legal until September 15 at least. These grains will not flow to Poland. Only transit is possible.\"<\/p>\n<p>Although the decision of the EU, supported by the government, brings temporary relief, it was not met with much approval from Polish farmers, who fear that in a few months, they will face the same problems again.<\/p>\n<p>Wieslaw Gryn is one of the unhappy farmers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Today, it is said that it will be completely closed but until September 15,\" he says. \"It gives us practically nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Agriculture is a profession not for a moment, but for years. Farmers lost these benefits overnight because they were selling at a much lower price.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Today we practically do not know what to sow, what to grow to make it marketable. This undermines the stability. Even the contacts between mills and feed-mixing plants broke off, where there were already permanent supply cycles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"This controlled chain 'from farm to table' cracked. We should not compete with Ukraine, but together, both, export and sell.\"<\/p>\n<p>Many analysts insist it is worth protecting Polish agriculture, which is not only ecological and meets EU standards, but also contributes to the increase of food security in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Sonia Sobczyk-Grygiel is from Polityka Insight, which provides information and research for decision-makers.<\/p>\n<p>\"The problem of competition from the Ukrainian agriculture side for the Polish agriculture is very serious,\" she says. And she asks: \"What is it based on? 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to issue more detailed abortion guidelines after another pregnant woman dies","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Poland to look into abortion guidelines after pregnant woman's death","titleListing2":"Polish health authorities will review pregnancy termination guidelines after a woman died of sepsis in the hospital.","leadin":"The 33-year-old from Poland, which has some of the strictest abortion rules, died of sepsis after the hospital waited for the foetus to die.","summary":"The 33-year-old from Poland, which has some of the strictest abortion rules, died of sepsis after the hospital waited for the foetus to die.","url":"poland-to-issue-more-detailed-abortion-guidelines-after-another-pregnant-woman-dies","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Polish health authorities have appointed a team to issue more detailed pregnancy termination guidelines for medical facilities after a pregnant woman died last month. \n\nAuthorities said on Monday that a 33-year-old woman, Dorota, had her rights violated after she died of sepsis in a hospital. \n\nShe was in her fifth month of pregnancy when she was admitted to a hospital in southern Poland and\u00a0died on 24 May days after her water broke and hours after the foetus had died, Polish media reported. \n\nThe case has put a spotlight on Poland's strict abortion laws. \n\nAuthorities have insisted, however, that the death occurred due to a medical error, specifying that abortion is legal in instances where a woman's life or health is at risk. \n\n\"Every woman whose health or life is in danger at any time during her pregnancy has the right to terminate it,\" Poland's health minister Adam Niedzielski said after authorities launched an investigation into the circumstances of Dorota's death. \n\nWhat are the abortion laws in Poland? \n\nPoland has some of the most strict abortion laws in Europe after the country's Constitutional Court ruled in 2020 that women could not terminate their pregnancies even when a foetus has severe and 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abortion is legal in instances where a woman's life or health is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>\"Every woman whose health or life is in danger at any time during her pregnancy has the right to terminate it,\" Poland's health minister Adam Niedzielski said after authorities launched an investigation into the circumstances of Dorota's death.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the abortion laws in Poland?<\/h2><p>Poland has some of the most strict abortion laws in Europe after the country's Constitutional Court ruled in 2020 that women could not terminate their pregnancies even when a foetus has severe and irreversible defects.<\/p>\n<p>The legal changes sparked widespread protests in the country over concerns that it would impact women's health.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion is now only allowed in cases where a woman's life or health is at risk or for pregnancies resulting from rape.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a woman has died of sepsis in Poland because doctors waited to see if they could save the foetus instead of 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the appointed team could downplay the \"mental health threat\".<\/p>\n<p>They said that the patient's decision should be the \"most important\" factor in terminating a pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>\"We don't want to compensate for medical errors, but to avoid them,\" Federa added.<\/p>\n<p>\"Each death of a pregnant woman is one death too many\".<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7548892\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//04//20//france-fears-abortion-pill-shortage-as-us-states-stockpile-misoprostol-amid-supreme-court-/">France fears abortion pill shortage as US states stockpile misoprostol amid Supreme Court battle<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n 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erects wall along Belarusian border to stop uncontrolled migration","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Poland erects wall on Belarusian border to stop uncontrolled migration","titleListing2":"Poland has erected walls and fences along its frontier and imposed sanctions on Russia and Belarus.","leadin":"Poland has erected walls and fences along its frontier and imposed sanctions on Russia and Belarus.","summary":"Poland has erected walls and fences along its frontier and imposed sanctions on Russia and Belarus.","url":"poland-erects-wall-along-belarusian-border-to-stop-uncontrolled-migration","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Poland has started erecting walls and fences along the frontier with Belarus to prevent uncontrolled migration, and has introduced sanctions that close off or severely limit border crossings.\u00a0 \n\n\"On the Polish-Belarusian border, there is only one operating border crossing, in Terespol, that is for passenger traffic, and the border crossing in Kukuryki, where restrictions are introduced,\"\u00a0said Border Guards spokesperson Anna Michalska. \"At those border crossings, as well as those with Russia, there is no tourist traffic.\"\u00a0 \n\nShe added that there are electronic barriers installed to prevent migration.\u00a0 \n\n\"Since August 2021,\u00a0Belarusian services have been involved in organising illegal border crossings,\" said Michalska. \n\nBelarusians living in Poland believe that sanctions are a sad necessity.\u00a0The situation on the border with Belarus is not only the result of the migration crisis but also political and military tensions. \n\n\"People are being imprisoned for their political views, the courts are dependent [on the authorities], there is no other way to act than sanctions,\" said Jan Abadouski, a\u00a0Belarusian political activist in exile in Poland. \n\nHe says that Belarusians are protesting against the location of nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, warning that \"this is a great threat to the safety, this is a real threat to the whole of Europe\".\u00a0 \n\nBut the sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus have also affected Polish tourism, international transport, and trade. Polish entrepreneurs have decided to unite and - as they say - \"fight together for survival\". \n\n\"We unite companies that have suffered losses as a result of the closure of cross-border traffic. Most of the decisions were made overnight, we didn't even have a chance to prepare ourselves. We wanted to get help from the state treasury, so that any financial resources could be prepared for us so that we could survive,\" said\u00a0Ewelina Grygatowicz-Szumowska, founder of Alliance of the Polish Entrepreneurs 'United East'. \n\nEwelina is also an entrepreneur who runs a customs agency. She's now managed to secure financial aid for the next 12 months. \n\n\"I currently employ 68 people. With the closure of two border crossings, 3 of my offices were closed and I have 23 employers there. I haven't fired anyone yet because we've managed to get compensation. This is some kind of cash injection that will allow us to survive, perhaps to change the sector of operation\", she said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Poland has started erecting walls and fences along the frontier with Belarus to prevent uncontrolled migration, and has introduced sanctions that close off or severely limit border crossings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"On the Polish-Belarusian border, there is only one operating border crossing, in Terespol, that is for passenger traffic, and the border crossing in Kukuryki, where restrictions are introduced,\"\u00a0said Border Guards spokesperson Anna Michalska. \"At those border crossings, as well as those with Russia, there is no tourist traffic.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added that there are electronic barriers installed to prevent migration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Since August 2021,\u00a0Belarusian services have been involved in organising illegal border crossings,\" said Michalska.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7628238\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//25//influx-in-migrant-crossings-at-poland-belarus-border-raises-concerns-in-germany/">Influx in migrant crossings at Poland-Belarus border raises concerns in Germany<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Belarusians living in Poland believe that sanctions are a sad necessity.\u00a0The situation on the border with Belarus is not only the result of the migration crisis but also political and military tensions.<\/p>\n<p>\"People are being imprisoned for their political views, the courts are dependent [on the authorities], there is no other way to act than sanctions,\" said Jan Abadouski, a\u00a0Belarusian political activist in exile in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>He says that Belarusians are protesting against the location of nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, warning that \"this is a great threat to the safety, this is a real threat to the whole of Europe\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus have also affected Polish tourism, international transport, and trade. 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launches investigation into abortion-related death of pregnant woman","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Polish prosecutors probe pregnant woman's abortion-related death","titleListing2":"In Poland, prosecutors and the ombudsman are investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman due to pregnancy complications, as medical experts suspect restrictive abortion laws contributed to her untimely passing.","leadin":"In Poland, prosecutors and the ombudsman are investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman due to pregnancy complications, as medical experts suspect restrictive abortion laws contributed to her untimely passing.","summary":"In Poland, prosecutors and the ombudsman are investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman due to pregnancy complications, as medical experts suspect restrictive abortion laws contributed to her untimely passing.","url":"poland-launches-investigation-into-abortion-related-death-of-pregnant-woman","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Dorota was 33 years old and in her fifth month of pregnancy when she checked into the Podhala\u0144ski Szpital Specjyczny John Paul II in Nowy Targ. \n\nOn 20 May, her amniotic fluid prematurely drained, and she and her husband sought medical attention.\u00a0 Upon arriving at the hospital, she was told the foetus was alive, but dehydrated. \n\nThe woman's husband told Polish media outlets that she wanted to become a mother. \n\n\n\u201cThis was supposed to be our first child,\"\u00a0he told Gazeta Wyborcza, a leading independent paper in Poland. \"We were happy.\u00a0The pregnancy was going well, no complications.\u00a0During the night from Saturday to Sunday [on 20 May] the amniotic waters began to break.\" \n\nDue to Poland's near-total ban on abortion \u2014 which entails criminal penalties including imprisonment for medical personnel who order and perform abortions \u2014 doctors did not begin terminating the pregnancy. According to current legislation, f oetal defects are not sufficient grounds for abortion. \n\nInstead, they told her to sit still and \u201ckeep her legs up\u201d, ostensibly as a means to return the amniotic fluid into her womb. \n\nOver a period of three days, Dorota\u2019s infection levels steadily climbed, and she complained of a severe headache. The doctors prescribed her paracetamol. \n\nWhen the foetus has not reached the ability to live outside the pregnant person's body and anhidrosis occurs, the only way to save the pregnant person's life is to induce a miscarriage and administer antibiotics and steroids. \n\nOn the fourth day after being she was admitted to the hospital, doctors finally confirmed Dorota's foetus had died, and that she had\u00a0developed sepsis. Mere hours later, before they were able to act, Dorota herself died. \n\nAccording to the autopsy, she succumbed to septic shock, the final stage of sepsis, in which the body\u2019s response to an infection ends up harming other organs. \n\nSeveral doctors have weighed in since Dorota's death, insisting that saving the foetus was almost impossible, and that not treating her for days amounted to medical neglect. \n\nNow, prosecutors and the patients\u2019 ombudsman in Poland are investigating her death. Her family has alleged that doctors kept them in the dark as to the danger of the situation and didn't take proper steps to save her.\u00a0 The hospital in Nowy Targ reported the case to the local prosecutor's office and pledged its full cooperation. \n\nThe chilling effect \n\nTwo years ago, Poland's conservative PiS government severely restricted access to abortion, but the law does allow the termination of a pregnancy if the woman's health or life is in danger. \n\n\nHowever,\u00a0 Dorota's is the second such\u00a0death reported in southern Poland since last year.\u00a0 In September, a woman identified as Iza died in similar circumstances in a hospital in the town of Pszczyna, leading to nationwide women\u2019s protests under the motto of \u201cNot a Single One More.\u201d \n\nThe two cases raise the question of whether Polish doctors are afraid to perform abortions in order to save women suffering difficult pregnancies. Opposition lawmakers said women in the country are concerned for their wellbeing because of the tough law. \n\n\u201cWomen in Poland have the right to feel safe and have the right to have confidence in those who are treating them,\u201d said Marcelina Zawisza of the Left party. \n\n\"The doctors' two most basic responsibilities \u2014 to protect the life and health of their patients and to do them no harm in the case of pregnant women ... are constantly being violated,\" said another Left party lawmaker, Magdalena Biejat. \n\nPoland's example could serve as a cautionary tale for other countries pursuing near-total abortion bans. Currently, several US states are in the process of -- or have recently introduced -- restrictive anti-abortion laws prohibiting abortion after detecting the so-called foetal heart rate. \n\n\nAmerican gynaecological societies warn that such regulations would lead to the death of patients or serious injuries to them, such as loss of the uterus. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Dorota was 33 years old and in her fifth month of pregnancy when she checked into the Podhala\u0144ski Szpital Specjyczny John Paul II in Nowy Targ.<\/p>\n<p>On 20 May, her amniotic fluid prematurely drained, and she and her husband sought medical attention.\u00a0Upon arriving at the hospital, she was told the foetus was alive, but dehydrated.<\/p>\n<p>The woman's husband told Polish media outlets that she wanted to become a mother. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was supposed to be our first child,\"\u00a0he told Gazeta Wyborcza, a leading independent paper in Poland. \"We were happy.\u00a0The pregnancy was going well, no complications.\u00a0During the night from Saturday to Sunday [on 20 May] the amniotic waters began to break.\"<\/p>\n<p>Due to Poland's near-total ban on abortion \u2014 which entails criminal penalties including imprisonment for medical personnel who order and perform abortions \u2014 doctors did not begin terminating the pregnancy. According to current legislation, foetal defects are not sufficient grounds for abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they told her to sit still and \u201ckeep her legs up\u201d, ostensibly as a means to return the amniotic fluid into her womb.<\/p>\n<p>Over a period of three days, Dorota\u2019s infection levels steadily climbed, and she complained of a severe headache. The doctors prescribed her paracetamol.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7197265625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//66//23//68//808x581_cmsv2_d57b9dc1-0b81-5ae4-8823-ac2f56d403d5-7662368.jpg/" alt=\"Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2020 The AP. 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All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When the foetus has not reached the ability to live outside the pregnant person's body and anhidrosis occurs, the only way to save the pregnant person's life is to induce a miscarriage and administer antibiotics and steroids.<\/p>\n<p>On the fourth day after being she was admitted to the hospital, doctors finally confirmed Dorota's foetus had died, and that she had\u00a0developed sepsis. Mere hours later, before they were able to act, Dorota herself died.<\/p>\n<p>According to the autopsy, she succumbed to septic shock, the final stage of sepsis, in which the body\u2019s response to an infection ends up harming other organs.<\/p>\n<p>Several doctors have weighed in since Dorota's death, insisting that saving the foetus was almost impossible, and that not treating her for days amounted to medical neglect.<\/p>\n<p>Now, prosecutors and the patients\u2019 ombudsman in Poland are investigating her death. Her family has alleged that doctors kept them in the dark as to the danger of the situation and didn't take proper steps to save her.\u00a0The hospital in Nowy Targ reported the case to the local prosecutor's office and pledged its full cooperation.<\/p>\n<h2>The chilling effect<\/h2><p>Two years ago, Poland's conservative PiS government severely restricted access to abortion, but the law does allow the termination of a pregnancy if the woman's health or life is in danger. <\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0Dorota's is the second such\u00a0death reported in southern Poland since last year.\u00a0In September, a woman identified as Iza died in similar circumstances in a hospital in the town of Pszczyna, leading to nationwide women\u2019s protests under the motto of \u201cNot a Single One More.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two cases raise the question of whether Polish doctors are afraid to perform abortions in order to save women suffering difficult pregnancies. Opposition lawmakers said women in the country are concerned for their wellbeing because of the tough law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen in Poland have the right to feel safe and have the right to have confidence in those who are treating them,\u201d said Marcelina Zawisza of the Left party.<\/p>\n<p>\"The doctors' two most basic responsibilities \u2014 to protect the life and health of their patients and to do them no harm in the case of pregnant women ... are constantly being violated,\" said another Left party lawmaker, Magdalena Biejat.<\/p>\n<p>Poland's example could serve as a cautionary tale for other countries pursuing near-total abortion bans. Currently, several US states are in the process of -- or have recently introduced -- restrictive anti-abortion laws prohibiting abortion after detecting the so-called foetal heart rate. <\/p>\n<p>American gynaecological societies warn that such regulations would lead to the death of patients or serious injuries to them, such as loss of the uterus.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1686236063,"publishedAt":1686239571,"updatedAt":1686239610,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/06\/08\/poland-launches-investigation-into-abortion-related-death-of-pregnant-woman","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/23\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_abe93429-39a3-53b9-9c13-ed52e6729994-7662368.jpg","altText":"Pro-choice activists from \"Women Strike\" attend a protest in front of Poland's constitutional court in Warsaw. 22 October 2020","caption":"Pro-choice activists from \"Women Strike\" attend a protest in front of Poland's constitutional court in Warsaw. 22 October 2020","captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2020 The AP. 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She will work with NOSPR\u2019s General and Programme Director, Ewa Bogusz-Moore, to shape the Orchestra\u2019s programme and develop its national and international reputation. \n\nNOSPR was founded in 1935 and has grown to be one of the most internationally renowned radio orchestras on the planet. Now housed in the Konior Studio of Katowice which has a 1,800 concert hall with one of the largest pipe organs in Europe, Alsop joins a historical list of conductors including Leonard Bernstein and Grzegorz Fitelberg. \n\nAlsop herself is one of the most impressive names in contemporary classical music. The American-born Austrian conductor is one of the highest achieving women in her field ever. She is the first woman to serve as the head of a major orchestra in the United States, South America, Austria and Britain, as well as the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting. As if that wasn't impressive already, she is the first conductor to win the highly-esteemed MacArthur Fellowship, known as the \u201cGenius Grant\u201d. \n\nIn 2021, Alsop made her debut with the NOSPR and has since conducted 15 concerts, toured the orchestra to Japan and led three conducting masterclasses. \n\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to accept this appointment and excited to continue our already thriving relationship. Our Japan tour last September and our ongoing recording and concert projects are part of a new vision for the 21st century orchestra. Together with Director, Ewa Bogusz-Moore, I look forward to innovative projects such as Penderecki\u2019s rarely performed Black Mask and recording the music of wonderful composers like Grazyna Bacewicz and Agata Zubel. NOSPR\u2019s existing commitment to mentoring the next generations of musicians and conductors also aligns with my personal commitment to the future of classical music,\u201d Alsop said of the announcement. \n\nAlsop founded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship in 2002 to provide mentorship to young women conductors. In 2015, Alsop became Professor and Director of the Graduate Conducting Program at the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University. \n\nAs one of the most famous female conductors in modern history, Alsop quickly came to many people\u2019s mind when Todd Field\u2019s film T\u00e1r was released to rave reviews last year. Referenced by name in the film, Alsop\u2019s career has many parallels with the film\u2019s protagonist Lydia T\u00e1r as played by Cate Blanchett. \n\nThe multi Oscar nominated film followed the dazzlingly successful female conductor who canonically is the first female chief conductor of the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Where the film split from Alsop\u2019s life is the self-sabotaging trajectory of T\u00e1r\u2019s life as she is embroiled in sexual misconduct allegations. \n\nT\u00e1r as a film is a triumph of a psychological character study. But the odd similarities to Alsop\u2019s life put her in headlines when, in an interview with The Times, she claimed the verisimilitude of the film\u2019s marketing discredited the work she and other women had done to succeed as composers.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cSo many superficial aspects of T\u00e1r seemed to align with my own personal life. But once I saw it I was no longer concerned, I was offended: I was offended as a woman, I was offended as a conductor, I was offended as a lesbian,\u201d Alsop said. \n\nAlsop\u2019s complaints were primarily with the film\u2019s focus on the conductor as a position fraught with masculine egos for which a female conductor falls equally foul. \n\n\u201cTo have an opportunity to portray a woman in that role and to make her an abuser \u2014 for me that was heart-breaking. I think all women and all feminists should be bothered by that kind of depiction because it\u2019s not really about women conductors, is it? It\u2019s about women as leaders in our society. People ask, \u2018Can we trust them? Can they function in that role?\u2019 It\u2019s the same questions whether it\u2019s about a CEO or an NBA coach or the head of a police department,\u201d she explained. \n\n\u201cThere are so many men \u2014 actual, documented men \u2014 this film could have been based on but, instead, it puts a woman in the role but gives her all the attributes of those men. That feels anti-woman. To assume that women will either behave identically to men or become hysterical, crazy, insane is to perpetuate something we\u2019ve already seen on film so many times before.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Marin Alsop will begin her directorship of the\u00a0Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR)\u00a0for the 2023\/2024 season. She will work with NOSPR\u2019s General and Programme Director, Ewa Bogusz-Moore, to shape the Orchestra\u2019s programme and develop its national and international reputation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////nospr.org.pl//en/">NOSPR was founded in 1935 and has grown to be one of the most internationally renowned radio orchestras on the planet. Now housed in the Konior Studio of Katowice which has a 1,800 concert hall with one of the largest pipe organs in Europe, Alsop joins a historical list of conductors including Leonard Bernstein and Grzegorz Fitelberg.<\/p>\n<p>Alsop herself is one of the most impressive names in contemporary classical music. The American-born Austrian conductor is one of the highest achieving women in her field ever. She is the first woman to serve as the head of a major orchestra in the United States, South America, Austria and Britain, as well as the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting. As if that wasn't impressive already, she is the first conductor to win the highly-esteemed MacArthur Fellowship, known as the \u201cGenius Grant\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Alsop made her debut with the NOSPR and has since conducted 15 concerts, toured the orchestra to Japan and led three conducting masterclasses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to accept this appointment and excited to continue our already thriving relationship. Our Japan tour last September and our ongoing recording and concert projects are part of a new vision for the 21st century orchestra. Together with Director, Ewa Bogusz-Moore, I look forward to innovative projects such as Penderecki\u2019s rarely performed Black Mask and recording the music of wonderful composers like Grazyna Bacewicz and Agata Zubel. NOSPR\u2019s existing commitment to mentoring the next generations of musicians and conductors also aligns with my personal commitment to the future of classical music,\u201d Alsop said of the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Alsop founded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship in 2002 to provide mentorship to young women conductors. In 2015, Alsop became Professor and Director of the Graduate Conducting Program at the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//65//58//58//808x454_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg/" alt=\"Grant Leighton (L); Universal Pictures (R)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/384x216_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/640x360_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/750x422_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/828x466_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/1080x608_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/1200x675_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/1920x1080_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Marin Alsop (L) and Cate Blanchett in 'T\u00e1r'<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Grant Leighton (L); Universal Pictures (R)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As one of the most famous female conductors in modern history, Alsop quickly came to many people\u2019s mind when Todd Field\u2019s film <em>T\u00e1r<\/em> was released to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//02//06//london-critics-circle-film-awards-tar-takes-top-prize-amidst-a-big-night-for-irish-talent/">rave reviews<\/strong><\/a> last year. Referenced by name in the film, Alsop\u2019s career has many parallels with the film\u2019s protagonist Lydia T\u00e1r as played by Cate Blanchett.<\/p>\n<p>The multi Oscar nominated film followed the dazzlingly successful female conductor who canonically is the first female chief conductor of the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Where the film split from Alsop\u2019s life is the self-sabotaging trajectory of T\u00e1r\u2019s life as she is embroiled in sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//01//13//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-tar/">T/u00e1r as a film<\/strong><\/a> is a triumph of a psychological character study. But the odd similarities to Alsop\u2019s life put her in headlines when, in an interview with The Times, she claimed the verisimilitude of the film\u2019s marketing discredited the work she and other women had done to succeed as composers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many superficial aspects of <em>T\u00e1r<\/em> seemed to align with my own personal life. But once I saw it I was no longer concerned, I was offended: I was offended as a woman, I was offended as a conductor, I was offended as a lesbian,\u201d Alsop said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.418848167539267\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//65//58//58//808x338_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg/" alt=\"Universal Pictures\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/384x161_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/640x268_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/750x314_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/828x347_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/1080x452_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/1200x503_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/1920x804_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Cate Blanchett in 'T\u00e1r'<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Universal Pictures<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7304552,7574044\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//01//13//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-tar/"> Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'T\u00e1r'<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//05//02//musical-ecstasy-woman-has-loud-and-full-body-orgasm-during-la-philharmonic-concert/">Musical ecstasy: Woman has \u2018loud and full body orgasm\u2019 during LA Philharmonic concert<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alsop\u2019s complaints were primarily with the film\u2019s focus on the conductor as a position fraught with masculine egos for which a female conductor falls equally foul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have an opportunity to portray a woman in that role and to make her an abuser \u2014 for me that was heart-breaking. I think all women and all feminists should be bothered by that kind of depiction because it\u2019s not really about women conductors, is it? It\u2019s about women as leaders in our society. People ask, \u2018Can we trust them? Can they function in that role?\u2019 It\u2019s the same questions whether it\u2019s about a CEO or an NBA coach or the head of a police department,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many men \u2014 actual, documented men \u2014 this film could have been based on but, instead, it puts a woman in the role but gives her all the attributes of those men. That feels anti-woman. To assume that women will either behave identically to men or become hysterical, crazy, insane is to perpetuate something we\u2019ve already seen on film so many times before.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1686049531,"publishedAt":1686052651,"updatedAt":1686052654,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/06\/06\/marin-alsop-the-inspiration-for-tar-lands-new-role-in-polish-national-radio-symphony-orche","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f8eb5dfd-0b9f-51f7-a0f8-b6e0898bd168-7655858.jpg","altText":"Ewa Bogusz-Moore (NOSPR General and Programme Director) and Marin Alsop ","caption":"Ewa Bogusz-Moore (NOSPR General and Programme Director) and Marin Alsop ","captionCredit":"Jacek Poremba","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a5d588c6-3aeb-593c-a527-e2b674ed488a-7655858.jpg","altText":"Cate Blanchett in 'T\u00e1r'","caption":"Cate Blanchett in 'T\u00e1r'","captionCredit":"Universal Pictures","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1910,"height":800},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/58\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_522d245d-df5c-5ff5-912c-7b4780dc14ee-7655858.jpg","altText":"Marin Alsop (L) and Cate Blanchett in 'T\u00e1r'","caption":"Marin Alsop (L) and Cate Blanchett in 'T\u00e1r'","captionCredit":"Grant Leighton (L); 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Local media, on the other hand, estimated there were at least 300,000 at the march's culmination. \n\n\nLarge crowds also gathered in Krakow and other cities across the nation of 38 million people, showing frustration with a government that critics accuse of violating the constitution and eroding fundamental rights in Poland, a country long hailed as a model of peaceful and democratic change. \n\nFormer President Lech Walesa, the leader of the Solidarity movement that played a historic role in toppling communism in Poland, marched alongside the leader of the opposition Civic Platform party, former Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk. \n\nThe crowd marched from the office of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and past the seat of President Andrzej Duda, ending at the historic Royal Castle, where Tusk hailed the huge turnout and pledged to fight to win an autumn election and undo what he described as profound harm and division inflicted on the nation. \n\n\n\u201cWe are going to these elections to win and to right human wrongs. I promise you victory, a settlement of evil, compensation for human wrongs and reconciliation among Poles,\u201d Tusk told the crowd. \n\nThe government spokesman, Piotr Mueller, accused Tusk and Walesa of \u201ctrying to overthrow the government.\u201d \n\nSupporters of the march have warned that the election might be the nation's last chance to stop the erosion of democracy under the ruling party, Law and Justice, amid growing fears that the fall election might not be fair. \n\nIn power since 2015, Law and Justice have found a popular formula, combining higher social spending with socially conservative policies and support for the church in the mostly Catholic nation. \n\nHowever, critics have warned for years that the party is reversing many of the achievements made since Poland emerged from communist rule in 1989. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>According to Warsaw Mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, who belongs to the opposition party that led the march,\u00a0 an estimated 500,000 people took part in Sunday's rally. Local media, on the other hand, estimated there were at least 300,000 at the march's culmination. <\/p>\n<p>Large crowds also gathered in Krakow and other cities across the nation of 38 million people, showing frustration with a government that critics accuse of violating the constitution and eroding fundamental rights in Poland, a country long hailed as a model of peaceful and democratic change.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Lech Walesa, the leader of the Solidarity movement that played a historic role in toppling communism in Poland, marched alongside the leader of the opposition Civic Platform party, former Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd marched from the office of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and past the seat of President Andrzej Duda, ending at the historic Royal Castle, where Tusk hailed the huge turnout and pledged to fight to win an autumn election and undo what he described as profound harm and division inflicted on the nation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to these elections to win and to right human wrongs. I promise you victory, a settlement of evil, compensation for human wrongs and reconciliation among Poles,\u201d Tusk told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The government spokesman, Piotr Mueller, accused Tusk and Walesa of \u201ctrying to overthrow the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the march have warned that the election might be the nation's last chance to stop the erosion of democracy under the ruling party, Law and Justice, amid growing fears that the fall election might not be fair.<\/p>\n<p>In power since 2015, Law and Justice have found a popular formula, combining higher social spending with socially conservative policies and support for the church in the mostly Catholic nation.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics have warned for years that the party is reversing many of the achievements made since Poland emerged from communist rule in 1989.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1685885239,"publishedAt":1685898375,"updatedAt":1685898724,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/06\/04\/thousands-of-poles-march-in-warsaw-to-denounce-government-policies","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/14\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8707c818-d41a-5e98-97b9-f590263aef0c-7651404.jpg","altText":"Hundreds of thousands attend Warsaw anti-government rally on Sunday","caption":"Hundreds of thousands attend Warsaw anti-government rally on Sunday","captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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What is it really about?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"What is Poland's 'Russian influence law' really about?","titleListing2":"The US and EU have harshly criticised Poland's 'Russian influence law', and the opposition says it amounts to a campaign of public humiliation. What is it really about?","leadin":"The US and EU have harshly criticised the new legislation, which the Polish opposition say amounts to a campaign of public humiliation.","summary":"The US and EU have harshly criticised the new legislation, which the Polish opposition say amounts to a campaign of public humiliation.","url":"the-polish-opposition-is-troubled-by-a-new-russian-influence-law-what-is-it-really-about","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\"Poland is here!\" opposition leader Donald Tusk shouted in front of a crowd of thousands of protesters gathered in central Warsaw on Sunday. \"No one will silence us!\" \n\nOpposition parties and their supporters, including civil society organisations, marched through the Polish capital to mark the 34th anniversary of the first democratic elections held in Poland in 1989 since the communist party abandoned its monopoly on power. \n\n\"There are thousands of us, thousands of people with Poland in our hearts, millions of Polish women and men in front of TV sets who did not let themselves be broken, did not let themselves be intimidated,\" continued Tusk. \n\nTusk was flanked by\u00a0Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa, a former Polish president and renowned protest leader from\u00a0Gda\u0144sk who founded the Solidarno\u015b\u0107 or Solidarity movement, often single-handedly credited for ending communist rule in Poland. \n\nThe subway in the capital was jam-packed as participants made their way to the march, which began on\u00a0Plac Na Rozdro\u017cu. \n\nWhile the main demands of the protesters are \"free and fair elections\" and a \"democratic, European Poland\", the march has brought together a diverse crowd of people affected by the decisions of the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), including women's rights groups and LGBT activists. \n\nThe protests come on the heels of a bill passed last week in the Polish Sejm and approved by President Andrzej Duda that will form a commission to investigate alleged Russian influence and collaboration with Russian authorities starting in 2007. \n\nPiS, which is the largest party in the Sejm, sponsored the bill, and is aligned with Duda. \n\nThe commission, in its currently proposed form, will investigate Russian influence on the internal security of Poland, including public figures as well as businesses that have ties to Moscow that could be detrimental to Poland. \n\nAccording to the text published by the parliament, the law will apply to \"persons who, in the years 2007-2022, were public officials or members of senior management staff who, under Russian influence, acted to the detriment of the interests of the Republic of Poland\".\u00a0 \n\nAdditionally, the law ostensibly \"aims at preventing them from acting again under Russian influence to the detriment of the interests of the Republic of Poland.\"\u00a0 \n\nThis proposal has proved deeply controversial. \n\nDuplication of powers \n\nThe commission has the power to enforce various penalties, among them a 10-year ban on obtaining a security clearance or assuming public office, as well as the revoking of firearms licenses. \n\nExperts say these measures in fact fall within the jurisdiction of the courts and other government bodies in the country, not an ad hoc commission created to duplicate or replace the judicial process. \n\nEver since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last year, countries along Ukraine's border have worried about a spillover in the Kremlin's covert or malign influence. Moscow's influence operations have long been a source of concern for Poland, even before its first assault on Ukraine in 2014. \n\nMany in Poland see the creation of the commission as an attempt by PiS\u00a0to boost their standing with the public ahead of upcoming elections. \n\n\u201cWhile PiS is still leading the polls, there is a lot of fatigue, especially from their more moderate supporters,\u201d explains Christopher Lash, a historian and professor at Lazarski University in Warsaw. \n\n\u201cNobody is saying Russian influence should not be investigated. It's precisely because there are already people out there whose job it is to investigate this that people are worried that this commission is part of a political game by the ruling party,\u201d he continued. \n\nFor him, this is more akin to a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d. \n\nSure enough, the bill has faced condemnation from the US and the EU, who said the commission could be used to block opposition candidates from assuming office. \n\n\u201cThe US Government is concerned by the Polish government\u2019s passage of new legislation that could be misused to interfere with Poland\u2019s free and fair elections,\u201d said US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. \n\nHe added that such a law \u201ccould be used to block the candidacy of opposition politicians without due process\u201d. \n\nIn response to the deluge of criticism, Duda has proposed amendments to the law which would remove these powers from the commission and limit its ability to mete out punishments. \n\nHe also made clear that the commission would not feature sitting members of parliament. \n\nSzymon Ho\u0142ownia, the leader of the opposition Poland 2050 party, mocked the president\u2019s statement, saying that he had basically walked back his own rhetoric from earlier in the week. \n\n\u201cPresident Duda today used the right of veto over his own signature. And the Sejm will now have a choice: it can choose the opinion of the president from Monday or the one from Friday,\u201d Ho\u0142ownia said on Twitter. \n\nTo win political power, criticising Russia is essential \n\nRussia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revived historical grievances across the continent, not least from the countries that suffered the most at Russia's hand. \n\nPoland and Russia have been rivals over territories such as modern Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania in the past, and have had turbulent political relations. \n\n\"As Poland weakened over history, Russia gained a lot of territory and gobbled up about two-thirds of the old Polish commonwealth,\" explains Lash. \"So there\u2019s this historic fear of Poland losing its sovereignty to Russia or being threatened by it.\" \n\nA fear, it seems, that PiS is happy to capitalise on. \n\nEven before last year\u2019s invasion, the Kremlin expended significant political capital trying to minimise its historical role in diminishing Poland\u2019s power. \n\nIn 2020, Moscow launched a glitzy propaganda campaign trying to portray the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union for the partition of Poland \u2013 which led to Soviet troops entering the country 15 days after the Germans \u2013 as a necessary evil. \n\nIn turn, Poland has fiercely supported Ukraine and criticised Nord Stream 2, a pipeline that allowed Russia to deliver natural gas directly to Germany while circumventing its Eastern European neighbours. \n\n\u201cCriticising Russia is not controversial,\u201d Lash confirms. \u201cAll shades of the Polish political sphere are anti-Russian except for very tiny fringe political actors. \n\n\u201cIt seems as if the goal [of the commission] is to polarise the debate and label people as being pro-Russian or in league with the Kremlin.\" \n\nAnd from the point of view of most experts, top of the list of the commission's expected targets is former Polish Prime Minister Tusk. \n\nA meeting of hardened rivals \n\nThe leader of the opposition party Civic Platform (PO), Tusk was prime minister for two terms, from 2007 until 2014, when he left for Brussels to become the European Council president and, later, the head the European People\u2019s Party (EPP), which is also the largest bloc in the European Parliament. \n\nSome argue that it was Tusk's move to Brussels that cleared the way for PiS to be elected to power in 2015.\u00a0His experience in the EU hierarchy has been harshly criticised by the leader of PiS, Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski, who often portrays the EU as an enemy of a sovereign Poland and whose party has consistently been on a collision course with the EPP. \n\n\u201cTusk and Kaczynski are two fundamental, central figures of Polish politics from the early 2000s onwards,\u201d said Lash.\u00a0\"Tusk is seen as Kaczynski's\u00a0mortal enemy, and he is the only one who can stand up to him and his way of controlling Polish politics.\u201d \n\nPoland has openly coordinated its foreign policy aims with the US, and when Tusk was the prime minister, the administration of President Barack Obama was trying to navigate a middle course with Russia. \n\n\u201cTusk, just like Obama did in the US, attempted some sort of reset with Russia in 2009 and 2010 because that was the general atmosphere and it was a different time. It is likely that this would be the main period the commission will focus on,\u201d explained Lash. \n\nOn the other hand, PiS claims to have always warned about Russia\u2019s expansionist project. Now that most Western powers have turned against Moscow, that supposed legacy is one they are keen to cash in on. \n\nAs Lash predicted: \"They will try to paint themselves as the true patriots who were always fiercely critical of Russia.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>\"Poland is here!\" opposition leader Donald Tusk shouted in front of a crowd of thousands of protesters gathered in central Warsaw on Sunday. \"No one will silence us!\"<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties and their supporters, including civil society organisations, marched through the Polish capital to mark the 34th anniversary of the first democratic elections held in Poland in 1989 since the communist party abandoned its monopoly on power.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are thousands of us, thousands of people with Poland in our hearts, millions of Polish women and men in front of TV sets who did not let themselves be broken, did not let themselves be intimidated,\" continued Tusk.<\/p>\n<p>Tusk was flanked by\u00a0Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa, a former Polish president and renowned protest leader from\u00a0Gda\u0144sk who founded the Solidarno\u015b\u0107 or Solidarity movement, often single-handedly credited for ending communist rule in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>The subway in the capital was jam-packed as participants made their way to the march, which began on\u00a0Plac Na Rozdro\u017cu.<\/p>\n<p>While the main demands of the protesters are \"free and fair elections\" and a \"democratic, European Poland\", the march has brought together a diverse crowd of people affected by the decisions of the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), including women's rights groups and LGBT activists.<\/p>\n<p>The protests come on the heels of a bill passed last week in the Polish Sejm and approved by President Andrzej Duda that will form a commission to investigate alleged Russian influence and collaboration with Russian authorities starting in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>PiS, which is the largest party in the Sejm, sponsored the bill, and is aligned with Duda.<\/p>\n<p>The commission, in its currently proposed form, will investigate Russian influence on the internal security of Poland, including public figures as well as businesses that have ties to Moscow that could be detrimental to Poland.<\/p>\n<p>According to the text published by the parliament, the law will apply to \"persons who, in the years 2007-2022, were public officials or members of senior management staff who, under Russian influence, acted to the detriment of the interests of the Republic of Poland\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the law ostensibly \"aims at preventing them from acting again under Russian influence to the detriment of the interests of the Republic of Poland.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This proposal has proved deeply controversial.<\/p>\n<h2>Duplication of powers<\/h2><p>The commission has the power to enforce various penalties, among them a 10-year ban on obtaining a security clearance or assuming public office, as well as the revoking of firearms licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say these measures in fact fall within the jurisdiction of the courts and other government bodies in the country, not an ad hoc commission created to duplicate or replace the judicial process.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last year, countries along Ukraine's border have worried about a spillover in the Kremlin's covert or malign influence. Moscow's influence operations have long been a source of concern for Poland, even before its first assault on Ukraine in 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//65//01//04//808x539_cmsv2_3b3063fb-9e14-54da-b5d1-330982961b9f-7650104.jpg/" alt=\"Czarek Sokolowski/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many in Poland see the creation of the commission as an attempt by PiS\u00a0to boost their standing with the public ahead of upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile PiS is still leading the polls, there is a lot of fatigue, especially from their more moderate supporters,\u201d explains Christopher Lash, a historian and professor at Lazarski University in Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is saying Russian influence should not be investigated. It's precisely because there are already people out there whose job it is to investigate this that people are worried that this commission is part of a political game by the ruling party,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>For him, this is more akin to a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, the bill has faced condemnation from the US and the EU, who said the commission could be used to block opposition candidates from assuming office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US Government is concerned by the Polish government\u2019s passage of new legislation that could be misused to interfere with Poland\u2019s free and fair elections,\u201d said US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.<\/p>\n<p>He added that such a law \u201ccould be used to block the candidacy of opposition politicians without due process\u201d.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7644066,7594890\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//31//auschwitz-museum-criticises-polish-ruling-partys-use-of-death-camp-for-political-video/">Auschwitz museum criticises Polish ruling party's use of death camp for political video<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//11//academics-in-poland-face-funding-cuts-for-criticising-official-narrative-on-wwii-jewish-he/">Academics in Poland face funding cuts for criticising official narrative on WWII Jewish help<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In response to the deluge of criticism, Duda has proposed amendments to the law which would remove these powers from the commission and limit its ability to mete out punishments.<\/p>\n<p>He also made clear that the commission would not feature sitting members of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Szymon Ho\u0142ownia, the leader of the opposition Poland 2050 party, mocked the president\u2019s statement, saying that he had basically walked back his own rhetoric from earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Duda today used the right of veto over his own signature. And the Sejm will now have a choice: it can choose the opinion of the president from Monday or the one from Friday,\u201d Ho\u0142ownia said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2>To win political power, criticising Russia is essential<\/h2><p>Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revived historical grievances across the continent, not least from the countries that suffered the most at Russia's hand.<\/p>\n<p>Poland and Russia have been rivals over territories such as modern Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania in the past, and have had turbulent political relations.<\/p>\n<p>\"As Poland weakened over history, Russia gained a lot of territory and gobbled up about two-thirds of the old Polish commonwealth,\" explains Lash. \"So there\u2019s this historic fear of Poland losing its sovereignty to Russia or being threatened by it.\"<\/p>\n<p>A fear, it seems, that PiS is happy to capitalise on.<\/p>\n<p>Even before last year\u2019s invasion, the Kremlin expended significant political capital trying to minimise its historical role in diminishing Poland\u2019s power.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Moscow launched a glitzy propaganda campaign trying to portray the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union for the partition of Poland \u2013 which led to Soviet troops entering the country 15 days after the Germans \u2013 as a necessary evil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//65//01//04//808x539_cmsv2_38306b87-4222-5db9-9158-86cf18524248-7650104.jpg/" alt=\"Michal Dyjuk/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/384x256_cmsv2_38306b87-4222-5db9-9158-86cf18524248-7650104.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/640x427_cmsv2_38306b87-4222-5db9-9158-86cf18524248-7650104.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/750x500_cmsv2_38306b87-4222-5db9-9158-86cf18524248-7650104.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/828x552_cmsv2_38306b87-4222-5db9-9158-86cf18524248-7650104.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/1080x720_cmsv2_38306b87-4222-5db9-9158-86cf18524248-7650104.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/1200x800_cmsv2_38306b87-4222-5db9-9158-86cf18524248-7650104.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/1920x1281_cmsv2_38306b87-4222-5db9-9158-86cf18524248-7650104.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A worker puts a Polish flag on a tank in the Polish Navy port of Gdynia after the first delivery of tanks and howitzers from South Korea. 6 December 2022<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Michal Dyjuk/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In turn, Poland has fiercely supported Ukraine and criticised Nord Stream 2, a pipeline that allowed Russia to deliver natural gas directly to Germany while circumventing its Eastern European neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCriticising Russia is not controversial,\u201d Lash confirms. \u201cAll shades of the Polish political sphere are anti-Russian except for very tiny fringe political actors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems as if the goal [of the commission] is to polarise the debate and label people as being pro-Russian or in league with the Kremlin.\"<\/p>\n<p>And from the point of view of most experts, top of the list of the commission's expected targets is former Polish Prime Minister Tusk.<\/p>\n<h2>A meeting of hardened rivals<\/h2><p>The leader of the opposition party Civic Platform (PO), Tusk was prime minister for two terms, from 2007 until 2014, when he left for Brussels to become the European Council president and, later, the head the European People\u2019s Party (EPP), which is also the largest bloc in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Some argue that it was Tusk's move to Brussels that cleared the way for PiS to be elected to power in 2015.\u00a0His experience in the EU hierarchy has been harshly criticised by the leader of PiS, Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski, who often portrays the EU as an enemy of a sovereign Poland and whose party has consistently been on a collision course with the EPP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6708984375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//65//01//04//808x542_cmsv2_fb7af6e1-3c87-524a-9fdc-fa44bc27f554-7650104.jpg/" alt=\"STR/Copyright 2019 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/384x258_cmsv2_fb7af6e1-3c87-524a-9fdc-fa44bc27f554-7650104.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/640x429_cmsv2_fb7af6e1-3c87-524a-9fdc-fa44bc27f554-7650104.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/750x503_cmsv2_fb7af6e1-3c87-524a-9fdc-fa44bc27f554-7650104.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/828x556_cmsv2_fb7af6e1-3c87-524a-9fdc-fa44bc27f554-7650104.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/1080x725_cmsv2_fb7af6e1-3c87-524a-9fdc-fa44bc27f554-7650104.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/1200x805_cmsv2_fb7af6e1-3c87-524a-9fdc-fa44bc27f554-7650104.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/1920x1288_cmsv2_fb7af6e1-3c87-524a-9fdc-fa44bc27f554-7650104.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The leader of Poland's Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, swears in as a member of the parliament. 12 November 2019<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">STR/Copyright 2019 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cTusk and Kaczynski are two fundamental, central figures of Polish politics from the early 2000s onwards,\u201d said Lash.\u00a0\"Tusk is seen as Kaczynski's\u00a0mortal enemy, and he is the only one who can stand up to him and his way of controlling Polish politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poland has openly coordinated its foreign policy aims with the US, and when Tusk was the prime minister, the administration of President Barack Obama was trying to navigate a middle course with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTusk, just like Obama did in the US, attempted some sort of reset with Russia in 2009 and 2010 because that was the general atmosphere and it was a different time. It is likely that this would be the main period the commission will focus on,\u201d explained Lash.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, PiS claims to have always warned about Russia\u2019s expansionist project. Now that most Western powers have turned against Moscow, that supposed legacy is one they are keen to cash in on.<\/p>\n<p>As Lash predicted: \"They will try to paint themselves as the true patriots who were always fiercely critical of Russia.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1685790789,"publishedAt":1685878357,"updatedAt":1685892120,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/06\/04\/the-polish-opposition-is-troubled-by-a-new-russian-influence-law-what-is-it-really-about","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/65\/01\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6e1066f4-0026-5a37-a41f-5b11c047f20b-7650104.jpg","altText":"Participants join an anti-government march led by Donald Tusk and Lech Walesa, who along with other accuse the government of eroding democracy. 4 June 2023","caption":"Participants join an anti-government march led by Donald Tusk and Lech Walesa, who along with other accuse the government of eroding democracy. 4 June 2023","captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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They are Poland's President and leader of the Law and Justice Party, respectively.\u00a0 \n\nThe tweet was published amid a heated debate over a law on Russian influence that critics claim in reality aims to target the country's opposition. The new law has been criticised by the US, the EU and many Polish analysts as anti-democratic. \n\n\u201cThere will be a chamber for Duda and Kaczor,\u201d the tweet said, using a nickname for Kaczynski. \n\nThe journalist used the Polish word \u201dkomora,\u201d which means simply dark cell or chamber, though many in Poland associate it with the gas chambers used by Nazi Germany for their mass murder of Jews.\u00a0 \n\nLis has since deleted the tweet and apologised. \n\n\"It is obvious that I was thinking of a cell, but I should have foreseen that people of ill will would adopt an absurd interpretation. I hope that Mr. Duda and Mr. Kaczynski will pay for their crimes against democracy, but on a human level I wish them health and long life,\u201d Lis said. \u201cI never wished death on anyone.\u201d \n\nPresident Duda weighed in with a tweet.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cThe memory of the victims of German crimes in Auschwitz is sacred and inviolable; the tragedy of millions of victims cannot be used in political struggle; this is an unworthy act,\" he said. \n\nThe stated aim of the new law is to create a commission to investigate Russian influences in Poland. But critics fear it will be misused ahead of fall elections to target opponents, in particular opposition leader Donald Tusk.\u00a0 \n\nThey say the commission could be used by the ruling party to eliminate its opponents from public life for a decade. \n\nCritics in Poland have informally dubbed it \u201cLex Tusk,\u201d and its passage has energised the opposition. Tusk plans to lead a large anti-government march on Sunday in Warsaw, the capital. \n\nThe march is to be held on the 34th anniversary of the first partly free elections in Poland after decades of communism, on June 4, 1989. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A political video by Poland's ruling party using the theme of Auschwitz-Birkenau to discourage participation in an anti-government march has been denounced by the memorial museum found on the site of the former concentration camp.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run museum condemned the \u201cinstrumentalisation of the tragedy\u201d where 1.1 million people were killed at the site during World War II, arguing it is an insult to their memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a sad, painful and unacceptable manifestation of the moral and intellectual corruption of the public debate,\u201d the state museum said.<\/p>\n<p>The 14-second video published on Wednesday by the Law and Justice party shows images of the former death camp, including the notorious \u201cArbeit Macht Frei\u201d gate, and the words: \u201cDo you really want to walk under this slogan?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It refers to a now-deleted tweet from journalist Tomasz Lis, who said Andrzej Duda and Jaroslaw Kaczynski deserved prison time. They are Poland's President and leader of the Law and Justice Party, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tweet was published amid a heated debate over a law on Russian influence that critics claim in reality aims to target the country's opposition. The new law has been criticised by the US, the EU and many Polish analysts as anti-democratic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be a chamber for Duda and Kaczor,\u201d the tweet said, using a nickname for Kaczynski.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist used the Polish word \u201dkomora,\u201d which means simply dark cell or chamber, though many in Poland associate it with the gas chambers used by Nazi Germany for their mass murder of Jews.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1602253961314144257\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lis has since deleted the tweet and apologised.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is obvious that I was thinking of a cell, but I should have foreseen that people of ill will would adopt an absurd interpretation. I hope that Mr. Duda and Mr. Kaczynski will pay for their crimes against democracy, but on a human level I wish them health and long life,\u201d Lis said. \u201cI never wished death on anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Duda weighed in with a tweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe memory of the victims of German crimes in Auschwitz is sacred and inviolable; the tragedy of millions of victims cannot be used in political struggle; this is an unworthy act,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The stated aim of the new law is to create a commission to investigate Russian influences in Poland. But critics fear it will be misused ahead of fall elections to target opponents, in particular opposition leader Donald Tusk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They say the commission could be used by the ruling party to eliminate its opponents from public life for a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Critics in Poland have informally dubbed it \u201cLex Tusk,\u201d and its passage has energised the opposition. Tusk plans to lead a large anti-government march on Sunday in Warsaw, the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The march is to be held on the 34th anniversary of the first partly free elections in Poland after decades of communism, on June 4, 1989.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1685546158,"publishedAt":1685548653,"updatedAt":1685548658,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/31\/auschwitz-museum-criticises-polish-ruling-partys-use-of-death-camp-for-political-video","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c9a814b6-7dc8-53d5-90f0-ab2bbe967a33-7644066.jpg","altText":"People visit the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland. 15 February 2019","caption":"People visit the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland. 15 February 2019","captionCredit":"Michael Sohn\/Copyright 2019 The AP. 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If you prefer an active summer holiday, skip the beaches for Europe\u2019s mountains. \n\nAt the foot of the Tatra Mountains, Zakopane is a favourite weekend escape for Krakow locals. \n\nIn winter, skiing and sleigh rides draw crowds of tourists to Zakopane - but it\u2019s just as worthy of a trip in summer. \n\nJust over two hours\u2019 drive from Poland\u2019s second city, this picturesque resort town is packed with adventure - from hiking through protected national parkland to rafting down the Dunajec Gorge. \n\nHere\u2019s how to explore this mountain gem on a budget. \n\nWhat to do in Zakopane: From folklore festivals to cable cars \n\nPart of the Carpathian Mountains, which divide Poland and Slovakia, the Tatras have no shortage of scenic trails , pine forests and lakes, like the crystal clear Morskie Oko. \n\nSwimming in the lakes is forbidden due to their delicate ecosystems, but you can hit up thermal baths like Bukovina and Terma Bania, or take to the water on a Dunajec River rafting trip - around an hour\u2019s drive from Zakopane. \n\nIf you like a side of culture with your active vacation, plan your trip to Zakopane around the International Festival of Highland Folklore. Held at the start of August, the annual event sees the streets come to life with highland music, dancers, craftspeople and food . \n\nOnce you\u2019ve had your fill of fried trout, Oscypek smoked cheese and kwa\u015bnica - sauerkraut and slow-cooked pork or mutton soup - burn it off on a hike to the top of Mount Kasprowy Wierch. Here, you can wander through flower fields as you breathe the crisp mountain air before hopping on the breathtaking cable car back down. \n\nTo see more panoramic views without getting worn out, take the Guba\u0142\u00f3wka Funicular from the end of Zakopani\u2019s main hub, Krupowki Street - where you can grab a hard-earned beer as you dodge the tourist touts come evening. \n\nVisit Zakopane for adventure on a budget \n\nZakopane is popular with locals but remains lesser known among foreign tourists. As a result, it\u2019s still possible to visit on a budget. \n\nYou can enjoy a traditional Polish meal for under \u20ac5 at Marzanna. In the summer garden of B\u0105kowo Zohylina Ni\u017ano, mains cost between \u20ac5-10, while a beer costs \u20ac1.55. At the fine-dining Restauracja Halka, mains cost between \u20ac10-25. \n\nOne-way tickets on the Guba\u0142\u00f3wka Funicular cost \u20ac4 or \u20ac5.30 for a return, while the pricier Kasprowy Wierch cable car costs \u20ac24 one way and \u20ac28 return. Dunajec rafting trips cost from around \u20ac22. \n\nFor the full outdoor experience, you can camp near Zakopane for under \u20ac5. Accommodation ranges from around \u20ac30 for local lodges to \u20ac80 and upwards for luxury spa hotels. \n\nVisit during weekdays to avoid the crowds and secure lower prices. \n\nHow to get to Zakopane \n\nThe closest airport to Zakopane is Poprad-Tatry, which is around an hour\u2019s drive south, while Krakow is about two hours\u2019 drive north. \n\nThe best way to get from Krakow to Zakopane is by train , which takes two to three hours and costs as little as \u20ac3 each way. \n\nA direct coach from Krakow to Zakopane costs from around \u20ac7.50 one way, while a taxi costs around \u20ac100. \n\nA EuroNight sleeper train links Prague and other Czech cities with Krakow from \u20ac29. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Lazy days of sunbathing by the ocean aren\u2019t for everyone. If you prefer an active summer holiday, skip the beaches for Europe\u2019s mountains.<\/p>\n<p>At the foot of the Tatra Mountains, Zakopane is a favourite weekend escape for Krakow locals.<\/p>\n<p>In winter, skiing and sleigh rides draw crowds of tourists to Zakopane - but it\u2019s just as worthy of a trip in summer.<\/p>\n<p>Just over two hours\u2019 drive from Poland\u2019s second city, this picturesque resort town is packed with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//16//i-travelled-to-algeria-to-run-through-the-desert-heres-why-this-adventure-holiday-could-be/">adventure - from hiking through protected national parkland to rafting down the Dunajec Gorge.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to explore this mountain gem on a budget.<\/p>\n<h2>What to do in Zakopane: From folklore festivals to cable cars<\/h2><p>Part of the Carpathian Mountains, which divide Poland and Slovakia, the Tatras have no shortage of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//09//job-for-a-girl-meet-asias-first-certified-mountain-guide-whos-scaling-more-than-mountains/">scenic trails<\/strong><\/a>, pine forests and lakes, like the crystal clear Morskie Oko.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming in the lakes is forbidden due to their delicate ecosystems, but you can hit up thermal baths like Bukovina and Terma Bania, or take to the water on a Dunajec River <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//11//29//hiking-by-day-wine-by-night-plan-an-active-trip-to-montenegro-while-its-still-under-the-ra/">rafting trip - around an hour\u2019s drive from Zakopane.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7569422,5832608\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//31//the-10-best-european-hiking-destinations-where-you-can-reconnect-with-nature/">From Italy to Romania: The best European destinations for a spring hike<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//01//benidorm-discover-fine-dining-and-adventure-sports-in-spains-most-misunderstood-city/">Benidorm: Discover fine dining and adventure sports in Spain\u2019s most misunderstood city<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you like a side of culture with your active vacation, plan your trip to Zakopane around the International Festival of Highland Folklore. Held at the start of August, the annual event sees the streets come to life with highland music, dancers, craftspeople and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//29//want-to-travel-more-sustainably-try-eating-your-way-around-europes-seasonal-delights/">food./n
Once you\u2019ve had your fill of fried trout, Oscypek smoked cheese and kwa\u015bnica - sauerkraut and slow-cooked pork or mutton soup - burn it off on a hike to the top of Mount Kasprowy Wierch. Here, you can wander through <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//19//from-fairytale-english-castles-to-flowering-italian-valleys-the-best-spots-to-catch-europe/">flower fields<\/strong><\/a> as you breathe the crisp mountain air before hopping on the breathtaking cable car back down.<\/p>\n<p>To see more panoramic views without getting worn out, take the Guba\u0142\u00f3wka Funicular from the end of Zakopani\u2019s main hub, Krupowki Street - where you can grab a hard-earned beer as you dodge the tourist touts come evening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//64//40//80//808x454_cmsv2_c5e03d60-c07f-5192-a65f-b1a72a9d2432-7644080.jpg/" alt=\"Canva\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/384x216_cmsv2_c5e03d60-c07f-5192-a65f-b1a72a9d2432-7644080.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/640x360_cmsv2_c5e03d60-c07f-5192-a65f-b1a72a9d2432-7644080.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/750x422_cmsv2_c5e03d60-c07f-5192-a65f-b1a72a9d2432-7644080.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/828x466_cmsv2_c5e03d60-c07f-5192-a65f-b1a72a9d2432-7644080.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/1080x608_cmsv2_c5e03d60-c07f-5192-a65f-b1a72a9d2432-7644080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/1200x675_cmsv2_c5e03d60-c07f-5192-a65f-b1a72a9d2432-7644080.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/1920x1080_cmsv2_c5e03d60-c07f-5192-a65f-b1a72a9d2432-7644080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Tatra Mountains are beautiful in summer.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Canva<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Visit Zakopane for adventure on a budget<\/h2><p>Zakopane is popular with locals but remains <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//07//albania-bulgaria-romania-europes-best-beaches-that-youve-probably-never-heard-of/">lesser known<\/strong><\/a> among foreign tourists. As a result, it\u2019s still possible to visit on a budget.<\/p>\n<p>You can enjoy a traditional Polish meal for under \u20ac5 at Marzanna. In the summer garden of B\u0105kowo Zohylina Ni\u017ano, mains cost between \u20ac5-10, while a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//10//chic-cafes-and-cheap-beer-this-eastern-european-capital-city-is-still-beautiful-on-a-budge/">beer costs \u20ac1.55. At the fine-dining Restauracja Halka, mains cost between \u20ac10-25.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7632912\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//26//luxury-on-a-budget-plan-a-beach-escape-to-the-albanian-riviera-while-its-still-under-the-r/">The 'Maldives of Europe': Why you should escape to the Albanian Riviera while it\u2019s under the radar<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>One-way tickets on the Guba\u0142\u00f3wka Funicular cost \u20ac4 or \u20ac5.30 for a return, while the pricier Kasprowy Wierch cable car costs \u20ac24 one way and \u20ac28 return. Dunajec rafting trips cost from around \u20ac22.<\/p>\n<p>For the full outdoor experience, you can <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//01//19//the-right-to-wild-camp-has-been-lost-in-england-where-in-europe-can-you-still-pitch-a-tent/">camp near Zakopane for under \u20ac5. Accommodation ranges from around \u20ac30 for local lodges to \u20ac80 and upwards for luxury spa hotels.<\/p>\n<h2>Visit during weekdays to avoid the crowds and secure lower prices.<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//64//40//80//808x454_cmsv2_7bc07b26-15b8-5757-9be3-18d01f840634-7644080.jpg/" alt=\"Canva\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/384x216_cmsv2_7bc07b26-15b8-5757-9be3-18d01f840634-7644080.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/640x360_cmsv2_7bc07b26-15b8-5757-9be3-18d01f840634-7644080.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/750x422_cmsv2_7bc07b26-15b8-5757-9be3-18d01f840634-7644080.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/828x466_cmsv2_7bc07b26-15b8-5757-9be3-18d01f840634-7644080.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/1080x608_cmsv2_7bc07b26-15b8-5757-9be3-18d01f840634-7644080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/1200x675_cmsv2_7bc07b26-15b8-5757-9be3-18d01f840634-7644080.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7bc07b26-15b8-5757-9be3-18d01f840634-7644080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Hike through flower fields and pine forests in the Tatra Mountains.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Canva<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How to get to Zakopane<\/h2><p>The closest airport to Zakopane is Poprad-Tatry, which is around an hour\u2019s drive south, while <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//24//48-hours-in-krakow-what-to-see-and-where-to-eat-in-polands-capital-of-culture/">Krakow is about two hours\u2019 drive north.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to get from Krakow to Zakopane is by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//26//flight-free-travel-europes-new-long-distance-train-routes-for-2022/">train, which takes two to three hours and costs as little as \u20ac3 each way.<\/p>\n<p>A direct coach from Krakow to Zakopane costs from around \u20ac7.50 one way, while a taxi costs around \u20ac100.<\/p>\n<p>A EuroNight <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//09//dream-travel-how-europes-sleeper-train-network-is-set-to-expand/">sleeper train<\/strong><\/a> links Prague and other Czech cities with Krakow from \u20ac29.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1685546245,"publishedAt":1685548114,"updatedAt":1685603380,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/05\/31\/scenic-trails-and-cheap-travel-this-eastern-european-mountain-town-is-a-budget-hikers-para","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/40\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b6960890-7036-5172-a9fd-3fee11d64e88-7644080.jpg","altText":"The Tatra Mountains are a hiker's paradise.","caption":"The Tatra Mountains are a hiker's 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