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Artwork from Kultura Gniewu's recent publication Pinokio. The company is to be involved in making the Polish EU presidency's graphic novel (Photo: kultura.com.pl)

Poland: Elections will not disrupt EU presidency

by Andrew Rettman, Brussels,

The Polish junior minister for EU affairs, Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, has promised that upcoming elections will not disrupt Poland's EU chairmanship and defended Hungary over its controversial media law.

Speaking to EUobserver ahead of a visit by EU Council head Herman Van Rompuy to Warsaw on Monday (17 January), Mr Dowgielewicz predicted the election will take place in the second half of October - slap-bang in the middle of Poland's EU presidency - but said the vote will be separated from i...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Artwork from Kultura Gniewu's recent publication Pinokio. The company is to be involved in making the Polish EU presidency's graphic novel (Photo: kultura.com.pl)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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