Poland: Freedom of the press in free fall Published: 8 May 2020 Background The direction has been pointing constantly downwards since 2015. In the international ranking on press freedom by "Reporters Without Borders", Poland was 18th at the time, but has now slipped to 62nd place. 44 places in five years. The changes in the media landscape are admittedly occurring more subtly than in Hungary, for example. But restrictions on the work of journalists in the country are becoming increasingly noticeable. By Joanna Maria Stolarek
Crisis is gendered. Women in the times of pandemic Published: 4 May 2020 Analysis The crisis associated with the Covid19 pandemic has a gender, and clearly shows social inequalities of all kinds. It particularly affects women, as well as disadvantaged and variously marginalised groups. There are also attempts to exploit the pandemic for short-term political goals directly targeting women's rights. By Elżbieta Korolczuk
Gender Ideology and the Crisis of Care in Poland Published: 1 January 2020 Interview Across Europe and beyond, actors on the nationalist right are instrumentalising the concept of gender for their own political gains. In Poland the incumbent right-wing Law and Justice party, backed by the Catholic Church, demonised LGBT organisations in its recent successful electoral campaign. By Adam Ostolski and Agnieszka Graff
For Ukrainians in Poland, jobs but no security Published: 4 October 2019 Transatlantic Media Fellowship Poland’s booming economy attracted thousands of Ukrainian workers, who struggle to integrate amid xenophobia and fear. By Hanna Kozlowska
More than just making hard work of an easy win. Following the European elections, PiS maintains its dominant position in spite of the changing political scene in Poland. Published: 3 June 2019 Backgrounder The European elections held on 26th May 2019 confirmed what was feared: The national-conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice, PiS) won by a clear majority. What are the reasons behind this election result and how has the political mood in the country changed? By Irene Hahn-Fuhr
European election campaign in Poland: test run for autumn general elections Published: 14 May 2019 Backgrounder The figures speak for themselves: 15 years after joining the European community, 91 percent of Poles support EU membership, with only five percent against. According to 78 percent of those surveyed, the consequences are overwhelmingly positive. Moreover, 56 percent feel they are Europeans, an increase of around 13 percent compared to 2014. By Irene Hahn-Fuhr
Western Balkans and their significance for the European policy of Warsaw and Berlin Published: 15 January 2019 Blog We invite you to read the new texts published as part of the German-Polish European Blog. In the In the current edition we present the Polish and German perspective on relations with Western Balkans. By Małgorzata Kopka
What's the Matter with Poland? Published: 5 February 2018 Article In the name of effectiveness, democracy and reforms, the Polish government pushes with radical measures to take control over the juidiciary power and slowly loses popular support. By Łukasz Pawłowski
‘Poland for the Polish’ ? Taking a Closer Look at the Polish Rejection of Refugees Published: 14 June 2017 The Visegrad countries' reluctance to accept European wide refugee quotas led to harsh criticism but little effort has been made to understand its causes By Annika Morath
The Unloved Compromise. Black Umbrellas, White Coats and Abortion in Poland Published: 20 October 2016 Over the last weeks Poland has witnessed an unprecedented mobilisation of women against the tightening of the abortion law. Our colleague Gert Röhrborn from our Warsaw office sheds light on recent events. By Gert Röhrborn
