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Prime minister says armed forces will reach 300,000 active personnel, doubling 2014 levels, while dismissing far-right narratives that blame the EU and Ukraine.
Around 50,000 Moroccan migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave in late July, leaving 88 dead and handing far-right parties across Europe a potent campaign issue ahead of a cluster of national votes in 2027.
Warsaw has formally requested Washington arrest and hand over Zbigniew Ziobro, who faces 19 charges including leading a criminal group within the justice ministry and deploying Pegasus spyware against opponents.
Karol Nawrocki has submitted a second proposal for a nationwide vote on 27 September, but the Senate controlled by Donald Tusk's coalition is unlikely to approve it.
Chancellor Merz hosts five-nation dinner as Franco-German fighter project collapses and Trump pressures allies over Iran and troop levels
Peter Magyar's first foreign trip as prime minister signals a pro-European pivot, but asylum granted to wanted Polish officials and frozen EU funds complicate the reset.
Finnish president says alliance stronger after Nordic enlargement, welcomes European defence responsibility, downplays US troop withdrawal from Germany
Germany unveils first military strategy since 1945 while France extends nuclear talks to seven partners, but capability gaps and US arsenal depletion leave a lengthening window of vulnerability.
Trailing by eight points weeks before the April vote, Hungary's prime minister blocks €90 billion in EU aid for Ukraine and brands his rival a foreign stooge. Péter Magyar refuses the bait.
Emergency summit in Brussels reveals frayed transatlantic trust as Kaja Kallas warns of a 'big blow' while member states disagree on how firmly to respond to US volatility.
Trump envoys make unprecedented offer to Zelenskyy as European leaders express cautious optimism, but Moscow has yet to signal willingness to negotiate territorial concessions.
Andrej Babis's ANO movement won the 3-4 October parliamentary vote, ending Petr Fiala's centre-right coalition after one term dominated by inflation and energy costs.
The alliance's new mission begins within days with air and ground assets from France, Germany, the UK and Denmark, as 43 nations condemn Moscow at the UN Security Council.
The 42-year-old historian and Trump ally won a narrow June victory over Rafal Trzaskowski, promising a sovereign Poland within the EU but not of it, while Tusk warns he will defend the constitution.
Karol Nawrocki's inauguration creates a presidential veto that could paralyse judicial reform, tax policy and social legislation until the 2027 election, with only defence policy offering common ground.
Prime minister trims cabinet to 21 ministers, creates economic super-ministry and promotes foreign minister Sikorski as deputy in rightward shift to counter PiS and Confederation gains.
The chamber of extraordinary oversight and public affairs validated Karol Nawrocki's 50.9% victory over Rafał Trzaskowski, but the ruling deepens a constitutional standoff over the chamber's own legal standing.
A 2019 phone recording reveals Donald Tusk advised his party on candidate selection despite his EU role requiring political neutrality, while the leak itself reignites allegations of Pegasus spyware misuse by the previous PiS government.
Polish prime minister wins 243-210 in parliament but faces two years of difficult cohabitation with a hostile president before 2027 elections.
Prime minister wins 243 to 210 in Sejm but faces two years with hostile president and declining public approval
Polish prime minister wins 243 to 210 in parliament but must govern for two and a half years with a president able to veto legislation his coalition cannot override.
Polish prime minister wins 243 to 210 in Sejm but faces a hostile president with veto power and no parliamentary supermajority to override it.
Polish prime minister wins parliamentary backing with 242 votes but faces a hostile president, a restless coalition and polls showing a third of voters expect early elections before 2027.
Poland's new president can veto legislation needed to enact EU decisions, creating a second centre of power that may stall rule-of-law reforms, migration policy and climate measures.
House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast leads Republican push claiming Brussels ignores rule-of-law violations favoring Tusk ally Rafał Trzaskowski while having penalized PiS government.
Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki led competing demonstrations on Sunday as polls show the June 1 runoff tied at 47 percent each, with the presidency's veto power hanging in the balance.
Emergency Brussels summit agrees 150 billion euro loan facility and fiscal flexibility but splits remain on nuclear deterrence, Hungarian veto and how to replace US military aid worth 40 percent of Kyiv's support.
Leaked draft shows Commission prioritising simplification over decarbonisation as centre-right leaders demand delays to sustainability reporting and carbon border tax.
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