NEWS

26/03/2020

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Thursday's Political Agenda: Sejm Session Begins with Rule Changes, Anti-Crisis Shield Consultations, EU Summit by Video, Presidential Candidate Registration Deadline, Extraordinary EP Session

Michał Olech

The Sejm session will commence shortly after 14:00 with the first reading of a draft resolution on amending the Sejm's rules of procedure, presented by the Sejm Presidium. In practice, this amendment is necessary for Friday's deliberations and votes on the anti-crisis shield to be conducted online. At 14:35, the second reading of the project will take place, followed by a vote at 14:50. A recess in the session will be called at 15:20. Consultations with the opposition regarding the aforementioned anti-crisis shield are scheduled for the morning, as announced yesterday by Jadwiga Emilewicz.

At 16:00, an EU summit will be held in the form of a videoconference, as announced by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. The discussion will focus on the situation related to the spread of the coronavirus. - I will chair the third video conference on Thursday, March 26, with the members of the European Council to continue our actions concerning the coronavirus. We will continue to take decisive action in response to developments and fight the crisis - Michel wrote on Twitter.

At 24:00, the deadline for submitting presidential candidates to the National Electoral Commission for registration expires. In practice, we will soon know how many candidates managed to collect the required 100,000 signatures.

Today, an extraordinary session of the European Parliament will be held in Brussels, during which proposals from the European Commission regarding support for countries during the pandemic are to be voted on. MEPs will not have to travel for the session – they can vote by email. Furthermore, today, the Court of Justice of the EU will issue a ruling on the "disciplinary proceedings model against judges" in Poland. This concerns questions referred to Luxembourg by the District Courts in Łódź and Warsaw.


Michał Olech