Borys Budka

Parliament to 'heal' National Judicial Council says Budka

Borys Budka, the head of KO's parliamentary caucus, spoke as four members of opposition groupings were nominated to join the National Judicial Council (KRS) during the first sitting of the Sejm, the lower house of the new parliament, on Tuesday. Tomasz Gzell/PAP

A senior member of Civic Coalition (KO), the largest opposition grouping, has said that the new parliament has started the “healing process” of a key judicial body which, he claimed, had become an "annex" of the outgoing government.

National remembrance body should be reorganised says opposition

The Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) has been severely discredited by the incumbent party, and should no longer be run in its current format, said Borys Budka, the head of the opposition Civic Coalition (KO) parliamentary caucus.

Civic Platform puts Tusk forward as prime minister

The national board of Poland's biggest opposition party, Civic Platform (PO), has confirmed Donald Tusk will be the party's candidate for prime minister and authorised him to conduct coalition talks with two other groupings, a senior PO MP said on Thursday.

Senior PO politician attacked in Katowice

Borys Budka, the head of the Civic Coalition (KO) parliamentary caucus, was attacked in the southern city of Katowice on Friday morning

Opposition MP calls on PM to disclose his wife's assets

The head of the opposition Civic Coalition (KO) parliamentary caucus has urged Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to disclose his and his spouse's assets after a national daily reported that Morawiecki's wife had bought plots of land near a seaside town.

Opposition politicians announce election promises

Politicians from Poland’s two opposition groupings, the Civic Coalition (KO) and the New Left, have presented their election pledges on Saturday.

Opposition accuses ruling party of using public funds for 'propaganda'

The head of Polish opposition grouping Civic Coalition (KO)'s caucus has accused the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party of using taxpayers' money to "create propaganda" ahead of a referendum to be held alongside the upcoming general election.

Opposition promises to liquidate state monopolies

Civic Coalition (KO), the main Polish opposition grouping, will end the era of state monopolies, a senior member of the grouping has said.

Parliament starts work on bill amending Supreme Court law

Poland's lower house of parliament, the Sejm, started work on Wednesday on a government bill amending the law on the Supreme Court, tabled in a bid to satisfy European Commission (EC) requirements to unlock post-pandemic recovery funding.

Opposition says judiciary changes called for by EC cannot be fast-tracked

Borys Budka, a senior member of Civic Coalition (KO), Poland's biggest opposition grouping, said that draft legislation on judicial reforms required by the European Commission (EC) should not be fast-tracked through parliament.

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