#LAW AND JUSTICE

Matecki has been accused of misuse of state funds.

Poland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a complaint by the country’s previous ruling party against the rejection of its 2023 financial statement, a decision that had deprived it of million of euros in subsidies.

Earlier, the National Electoral Commission rejected the party’s financial report.

Foreign intelligence allegedly ran a misinformation campaign before elections.

Poland’s leading opposition party, the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) has announced 41-year-old Karol Nawrocki as the candidate it will be backing for May's presidential election.

Poland’s main right-wing opposition party has said its candidate for next year’s presidential elections will be “non-partisan,” hinting that it will plump for a contender untarnished by a series of controversies during the grouping’s time in power.

Former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is the most popular choice to run as the candidate of the right-wing opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland's crunch presidential election next year, according to a new poll.

PiS stands to lose over €2 million in electoral grants

A Polish government initiative to look into alleged wrongdoing under the previous administration has so far resulted in 62 people being charged with offenses and a further 149 notifications to the prosecution service of possible crimes.

High-profile officials, including top politicians from the former ruling party are suspected of violating the law while attempting to conduct the presidential elections via postal vote in May 2020.

Marcin Romanowski, a former deputy minister of justice, has been stripped of his immunity and will now face 11 charges of misusing funds earmarked to support victims of crimes.

A former deputy Polish justice minister could lose his parliamentary immunity as an investigation continues into the alleged misuse of millions of zloty earmarked for a fund to support victims of crime.

Poland’s socially-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party has decided to remain part of the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament, dispelling earlier rumors of an exit.

With barely a pause for breath after European elections, Poland’s political parties are busy hatching strategies for their next key battle – a 2025 presidential race that will determine whether the governing coalition is able to rule the country effectively.

The Sejm, the lower house of parliament, has passed a bill containing measures aimed at enhancing security and readiness for Poland's upcoming presidency of the EU Council.

European parliament elections are drawing to an end across the 27-member bloc, with exit polls from some countries indicating that while mainstream conservative and liberal parties forming the European People’s Party (EPP) will remain the dominant force in the European Parliament, Eurosceptic parties have gained ground in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and several other countries.

The Civic Coalition, the main political alliance forming the current government in Poland, won 38.2% of votes in the elections to the European Parliament, exit polls show, but the biggest surprise is not who came as runner-up, but who came in third.

Poland’s main opposition party and the largest bloc in the current coalition government are locked in a neck-and-neck race ahead of the European Parliament elections, a new poll has shown.

According to the poll, 34.5% of those surveyed said they would vote for the Civic Coalition (KO), an increase of 1.5 percentage points on a previous survey carried out at the end of May.

Thousands of supporters of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition alliance gathered in the capital Warsaw on Tuesday ahead of European elections that the head of government says are crucial for Poland’s security as it faces increased tensions on its eastern border.