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The unprecedented call from Jarosław Kaczynski for all-out opposition to the EU came on the eve of the first meeting on Monday of the newly-elected Polish parliament (Photo: pis.org.pl)

Kaczynski decries 'German' takeover of Polish parliament

Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) party is putting EU plans to change its treaties at the centre of its opposition to the country's pro-democratic coalition, the PIS leader Jarosław Kaczyński said in a series of public meetings at the weekend, as Poland celebrated its national independence day.

Kaczyński repeatedly referred to the Civic Platform, which leads the pro-democratic coalition set to head the next Polish government, as a "G...

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Krzysztof Bobinski is a board member of the Society of Journalists, in Warsaw, an independent NGO. He was the Financial Times correspondent in Warsaw from 1976 to 2000. He worked at the Polish Institute of Foreign Affairs (PISM) and was co-chair of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.

The unprecedented call from Jarosław Kaczynski for all-out opposition to the EU came on the eve of the first meeting on Monday of the newly-elected Polish parliament (Photo: pis.org.pl)

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Krzysztof Bobinski is a board member of the Society of Journalists, in Warsaw, an independent NGO. He was the Financial Times correspondent in Warsaw from 1976 to 2000. He worked at the Polish Institute of Foreign Affairs (PISM) and was co-chair of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.

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