Tag: poland
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Real Target of Lukashenko’s ‘Hybrid Attack’: EU’s Moral Authority
With the help of Poland’s right-wing PIS government, the Belarusian leader Lukashenko engineered a humanitarian crisis on Europe’s doorstep. In doing so, he is successfully eroding the European Union’s remaining claim to moral authority, qualified by its commitment to the indivisibility and universality of human rights. “Let’s call it what it is: this is a…
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Death by Thousand Cuts: Erosion of Media Independence in Poland
Since coming into power by an overall majority in 2015, the right-wing Christian-nationalist PiS party has engaged in a systematic effort to weaken and destabilize independent media critical of the government, creating a severe concern for political and cultural media diversity in Poland.
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The end of Poland’s “Europeanisation” or an opportunity for European federalism?
In Poland’s presidential election, Andrzej Duda, the incumbent with strong ties to the Law and Justice (PiS) party, secured his re-election by a tiny majority of just 1.2% over his liberal rival, Rafał Trzaskowski. Duda’s campaign was an example of a very divisive, culture-war type politics, which amplified existing social divides and created new ones.…
Maria Slominska Fabis 