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"European funds are also our money," Tusk said. "Do you know who is spending this money right now? Germans, Belgians, French and Italians spend our money." Tomasz Waszczuk/PAP Donald Tusk, the leader of Poland's opposition, has accused Jarosław Kaczyński, the ruling party leader, of "financing the development of the German economy" through actions that have led to the EU locking access to billions of euros for Poland. Poland is due to receive EUR 23.9 billion in grants and EUR 11.5 billion in loans from the EU's pandemic relief fund under...

The minister said that “some Polish people are nervous that Western governments try to import their politics, their ideology to Polish society”.“We have a specific history, difficult history,” he said. “The Catholic Church played a very important role in our history because it gives our society a power and connected Polish people during the Second World War and during the Russian occupation. So Christian values are very important for Poles.”In recent years, Poland has come under pressure from the European Union over its stance on LGBT issues.In July 2021, Brussels...