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![FOR Communication 5/2019: Law and Justice: Après nous, le déluge [After us, the flood]](/img/artykuly/2/2019_02/394927814613313a75bbco.jpg "FOR Communication 5/2019: Law and Justice: Après nous, le déluge [After us, the flood]")
FOR Communication 5/2019: Law and Justice: "Après nous, le déluge" [After us, the flood] | 2019-02-25
moreIn its economic policy the Law and Justice party announced a repetition of its actions from 2007. At that time, at the peak of the world economic boom, the Law and Justice party government passed laws that came into force during the slowdown in 2008 and 2009, increasing the public finance sector deficit by 2% of GDP and forcing the PO-PSL government to look for savings. The current announcements were also communicated at the peak of the world economic boom, but will only fully enter into force in the coming years, when economic growth will be slower according to the available forecasts and, as a consequence, the situation of public finances will be more difficult.
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FOR 4/2019 communication: Populism Index 2019 - Highest support for populist parties since 1980 | 2019-02-20
moreThe Timbro Swedish think-tank presented the subsequent edition of the Authoritarian Populism Index. The aim of the index is, among others, to determine to what extent populist parties can pose a real threat to liberal democracy in the European Union and five other countries on our continent.
Analysis 4/2019: The Disciplinary System of Judges Under the Control of the Minister of Justice | 2019-02-15
By the Act of 8 December 2017 on the Supreme Court, prepared by the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, the Law and Justice party made radical changes in the system of the disciplinary liability of judges. As a result of this change, important powers have been transferred to the Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General, who may influence the conduct of disciplinary proceedings against judges, both directly and through the disciplinary ombudsmen whom he chooses. This applies especially to Piotr Schab and his deputies: Michał Lasota and Przemysław Radzik. Such a system creates the danger that it will be used in order to intimidation of judges.
Rafał Trzeciakowski, Marcin Zieliński: The Mass Demonstrations in France is a Reaction to the Effects of Interventionism, Not Liberalism, Epicenter | 2019-02-07
Mass protests of the “yellow vests” have been taking place in France since 17 November 2018. The catalyst of the demonstration was a fuel tax increase, supposed to place a disproportionate burden on the middle class from the province. However, the list of demands quickly grew to include various social and protectionist slogans. The protestors are demanding a simultaneous growth of the state and a reduction of taxes.
Analysis 3/2019: The Myth of German Deglomeration | 2019-01-31
Germany is presented in the Polish public debate as a country which has successfully carried out deglomeration in the sense of dispersing the headquarters of central offices across the country and has thus achieved a balanced rate of development of cities of all sizes - without the uncontrolled growth of large cities and the depopulation of small towns. Such a picture is untrue.
FOR communication 2/2019: The Monopolisation of the Energy Market is Progressing | 2019-01-24
On 19 December of the previous year, the President of the Energy Regulatory Office opened an investigation into the dramatic increase in energy prices. The question remains to what extent this increase is due to the progressive monopolisation of the sector by state-owned companies.
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Patryk Wachowiec: 1095 Days Later: From Bad to Worse Regarding the Rule of Law in Poland (Part II), Verfassungsblog | 2019-01-17
moreThe knock-on effects of the deteriorating situation in Poland became notably visible when an Irish High Court judge decided to delay the extradition of a man to Poland over concerns about the rule of law there pending a preliminary reference request sent to the ECJ.
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Analysis 2/2019: Deglomeration - Costly Redistribution of Prestige | 2019-01-14
moreDeglomeration should not be confused with decentralisation. Poland needs decentralisation, which consists in transferring decisions to a lower level of administration, closer to the citizens. Unfortunately, deglomeration does not change the influence of citizens on the decisions taken, but is only a facade action that redistributes prestige from Warsaw to small towns.
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Marek Tatała, Patryk Wachowiec: Violations of the rule of law principles in Poland despite recent amendments, EPICENTER | 2019-01-14
moreOn 21 November, public opinion in Poland and the EU was surprised by the ruling Law and Justice’s (PiS) proposal “backtracking on controversial reforms it made to lower the retirement age of Supreme Court judges”. The amendment was issued in the morning and it went through the whole legislative process in the lower house of parliament for less than 3.5 hours. President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, waited until 17 December and finally signed the new law which is the 7th amendment to the act on the Supreme Court since its enactment in late 2017.
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Patryk Wachowiec: 1095 Days Later: From Bad to Worse Regarding the Rule of Law in Poland (Part I), Verfassungsblog | 2019-01-13
moreOn 13 January 2016, exactly three years ago today, the Commission activated the so-called rule of law framework for the very first time with respect to Poland. This was justified by First Vice-President Timmermans primarily with regard to the situation of the Constitutional Tribunal and the fact that some of its key binding rulings were not being respected.