{"id":283610,"date":"2023-10-17T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283610"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:55:34","slug":"polands-climate-skeptic-law-and-justice-party-on-the-brink-of-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283610","title":{"rendered":"Poland\u2019s Climate Skeptic Law And Justice Party on the Brink of Defeat?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Polish lawmakers attending a debate on Wednesday on the new media law in the lower house of Parliament in Warsaw.Credit…Wojciech Olkusnik\/EPA, via Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The bill, which would ban non-European companies from controlling Polish broadcasters, was narrowly approved in a chaotic session in a win for the right-wing government.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The leader of Poland\u2019s ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, left, with the leaders of two coalition partners,\u00a0Jaros\u0142aw Gowin and Zbigniew Ziobro.Credit…Czarek Sokolowski\/Associated Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some sad news after all the good news from Australia<\/a> and New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Centrist Parties Poised to Oust Poland\u2019s Nationalist Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The election, seen as one of the most significant in decades, was cast as a choice between the defense of Polish sovereignty and liberal values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Andrew Higgins<\/a>
Reporting from Warsaw
Oct. 15, 2023 Updated 7:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centrist and progressive forces appeared capable of forming a new government in Poland after securing more seats in a critical general election on Sunday, despite the governing nationalist party, Law and Justice, winning the most votes for a single party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exit polls showing a strong second place finish by the main opposition group, Civic Coalition, and better than expected results for two smaller centrist and progressive parties suggested a dramatic upset that would frustrate the governing party\u2019s hope of an unprecedented third consecutive term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piotr Buras, the head of the Warsaw office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, declared the election \u201ca triumph of both democracy and liberalism\u201d that \u201copens the way for a massive reorientation of Poland\u2019s domestic and European policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/15\/world\/europe\/poland-election.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Poland\u2019s Law and Justice party has been a major thorn in the side of European environmental zealotry, amongst other things they have consistently used their influence inside the EU to defend Poland\u2019s sizeable coal generation<\/a> and heavy industrial manufacturing heartland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland\u2019s Law and Justice Party also notably stopped supplying weapons to Ukraine in September<\/a>, after Ukraine undermined the livelihoods of Polish farmers, by dumping subsidised grain on the European market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it is possible Law and Justice may cling on \u2013 their defeat is not quite a done deal \u2013 most pundits seem to be calling that Law and Justice opponents have the numbers to form a new government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bill, which would ban non-European companies from controlling Polish broadcasters, was narrowly approved in a chaotic session in a win for the right-wing government. From Watts Up With That? Essay by Eric Worrall Some sad news after all the good news from Australia and New Zealand. Centrist Parties Poised to Oust Poland\u2019s Nationalist Government The election, seen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":283612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The bill, which would ban non-European companies from controlling Polish broadcasters, was narrowly approved in a chaotic session in a win for the right-wing government.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691823685,691823686,691823684,691822952],"class_list":{"0":"post-283610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-skeptic","9":"tag-law-and-justice","10":"tag-nationalist-government","11":"tag-poland","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00merlin_193154436_d878c454-cf94-41df-a69b-9e66539439c2-superJumbo.webp?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1bMm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":277326,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277326","url_meta":{"origin":283610,"position":0},"title":"Poland files lawsuit against key EU climate\u00a0policies","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/09\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Poland objects to being bounced into net-zero style policies against its will, so the EU\u2019s climate dogma will get tested in court. 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