The fortnight government and the wind of change (27 November – 3 December 2023)
Mateusz Morawiecki presented his new cabinet to the president and got two weeks to receive a vote of confidence from the parliament. But even president Andrzej Duda seems to believe he will soon be asked to swear in another cabinet, led by Donald Tusk. At the same...
The three parallel cabinets of Poland (20-26 November 2023)
By some accounts, in the recent week Poland has had three governments. The Government 1, led by Mateusz Morawiecki, is the still acting cabinet. The Government 2, also led by Mateusz Morawiecki as prime minister-designate, will be presented to the parliament within...
Poland between the old and new government (13-19 November 2023)
The new parliament gathers for the first time, Mateusz Morawiecki chooses to accept a seemingly impossible mission to form a new government, and the celebrity marshal Szymon Hołownia is praised for his performance. In the meantime Donald Tusk shies away from the...
Law and Justice’s long goodbye with government (4-12 November 2023)
The week started with Andrzej Duda’s not entirely earthshaking announcement about whom he will designate as the prime minister. It was followed by the rising tension until the opposition parties unveiled their coalition agreement. The significance of the two...
On the road to coalition (27 October-3 November 2023)
Written by Filip BialyTwo weeks after the election, the opposition parties are attempting to finalise their coalition agreement, Law and Justice is pretending to be in denial of the basic parliamentary arithmetic, and the president is enjoying a rare moment in the...
📽️ Check it out! A Video and an Interview about DiCED
The European Research Council (ERC) recently interviewed our DiCED PI Rachel Gibson about our project. The video is definitely worth a watch. [video width="1280" height="720"...
Post-election aftermath in Poland: waiting for a prime minister-in-waiting (18-26 October 2023)
Written by Filip Bialy In the first week after the election, it has been extremely difficult to distinguish between facts and speculations about the future government. While Andrzej Duda is determined to designate a Law and Justice candidate as the first choice, the...
The sovereign has spoken: Polish election results (11-17 October 2023)
Written by Filip Bialy The Polish election silence on Saturday was disturbed by a man who climbed on the top of the Smolensk plane crash monument - which has a form of a staircase leading to the sky - in Warsaw, claiming he has a bomb in his backpack. The police...
The eighth week of the election campaign in Poland (27 September-3 October 2023)
Written by Filip Bialy The Civic Coalition’s Million Hearts March has dominated the headlines, with the Law and Justice party convention struggling to get half the attention. Donald Tusk is attempting to unify the opposition forces, hoping that eventually the...
The seventh week of the election campaign in Poland (20-26 September 2023)
Written by Filip Bialy The seventh week of the election campaign in Poland (20-26 September 2023) Law and Justice is endeavouring to combat the visa scandal by increasing nationalist rhetoric and attacking the acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland, while also...
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