NEWS

24/06/2019

05:31

Monday's Political Agenda: Launch of #Rodzina500+ Information Campaign, PM Morawiecki in Dresden, President Duda and Opposition Leader Schetyna in Wielkopolska, ECJ Ruling on Supreme Court Act

Michał Olech

At 9:00 AM, in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki will participate in the launch of an information campaign concerning the Rodzina 500+ program in its expanded form, now including the first child.

Subsequently, the Prime Minister will travel to the Pomeranian Voivodeship, where at 11:30 AM he will attend a ceremony for the signing of three agreements aimed at improving railway access to the ports of Gdańsk and Gdynia. At 12:50 PM, he is scheduled to participate in the opening session of the 2nd edition of the Development Vision Forum, and at 1:30 PM, he will attend the 35th anniversary celebrations of Fighting Solidarity, Trójmiasto Branch.

Mateusz Morawiecki will also be on a visit to Dresden today. The head of the Polish government will meet with the Prime Minister of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, at 5:10 PM, and with the President of the Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, at 5:25 PM. Later, at 6:00 PM, the Prime Minister will participate in the opening of the European Forum for Research and Innovation.

President Andrzej Duda will visit Wielkopolska, where at 4:30 PM he will meet with residents of the Ostrów County, and at 7:00 PM, with residents of the Krotoszyn County.

Grzegorz Schetyna will also be visiting Wielkopolska. The leader of Civic Platform will meet with the Mayor of Bojanów, Maciej Dubiel, at 1:30 PM. A press conference with Schetyna, the Mayor of Poznań, Jacek Jaśkowiak, local government officials, and parliamentarians is scheduled for 1:45 PM.

At 2:00 PM in Gołaszyn, the opposition leader will meet with residents of Bojanów, local government officials, and MPs. The last scheduled event is a meeting of the Wielkopolska Regional Council of Civic Platform at 6:00 PM.

Also today, the ECJ will issue a ruling on the complaint filed by the European Commission against Poland regarding changes in the Supreme Court, which would have led to the dismissal of some judges, including its President, Małgorzata Gersdorf. The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party ultimately withdrew from the so-called 'retirement purge' last year.


Michał Olech