Karol Nawrocki
Polish politician and historian, President of the Republic of Poland since 2025
Photo: The White House, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- 8h ago
EU summit refuses Poland's ETS2 delay but requires Commission reassessment
The Brussels summit ended without the postponement to 2030 that Poland, Italy and the Visegrad Group sought. Instead, the final document requires the Commission to reassess ETS2's design and safeguard mechanisms.
- 8h ago
Former BBN chief Jacek Siewiera warns Russian hybrid escalation will peak this winter
Jacek Siewiera tells Radio ZET that the essential phase of Russia's hybrid war will come this winter, while Radosław Sikorski accuses President Karol Nawrocki of downplaying the threat.
- 11h ago
Poland summons Google, Meta, TikTok and X over violent content after school attacks
Poland's digital minister summoned Google, Meta, TikTok, Discord and Telegram on Friday, 16 October, after knife attacks at schools. X did not attend, and only 30 of 89 flagged posts were removed.
- 17h ago
Nawrocki calls Giertych an internet troll and rejects his threat over court oaths
Poland's President Karol Nawrocki called Roman Giertych an internet troll on Thursday, 15 October, after the Civic Coalition MP suggested he could be deemed unfit to hold presidential office. Giertych answered on X, telling the president not to insult lawyers.
- yesterday
Nawrocki vetoes three bills, including the Electoral Code amendment, and signs eight
President Karol Nawrocki rejected three bills on Thursday, 15 October 2026, while signing eight others. The vetoed Electoral Code change would have altered how seats are split between constituencies and how polling districts are formed.
- 2d ago
Beata Szydło takes over PiS delegation in European Parliament ahead of Kraków convention
Former prime minister Beata Szydło replaced Adam Bielan as chair of the PiS delegation in the European Parliament after Mateusz Morawiecki lost the ECR chairmanship. She is due to speak at the party's Kraków convention on Thursday, 15 October.
- 3d ago
Andrzej Nowak joins Order of the White Eagle chapter as Nawrocki hands out appointments
President Karol Nawrocki handed appointment papers to Kraków historian Andrzej Nowak and two renewed members on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. The chapter then elected its chancellor and secretary at its inaugural session.
- 4d ago
Police say knife-carrying man attacked policewoman near Constitutional Tribunal; PiS calls it a raid
Warsaw police say a man with a knife injured a policewoman on Marszałkowska Street on Friday, 16 October. Jarosław Kaczyński and TV Republika describe the same operation as a raid on an activist's office.
- 4d ago
Senate committees back shorter vacatio legis for Poland's DSA content-blocking law
Senate committees accepted three government-backed amendments on Tuesday, 13 October, as critics keep calling the bill administrative censorship. One cuts the vacatio legis to three months.
- 4d ago
NBP resubmits board appointment requests to Nawrocki as November deadline nears
The National Bank of Poland said on Monday, 12 October 2026, that it had again submitted appointment motions to President Karol Nawrocki. Radio ZET reports that NBP president Adam Glapiński has not filed new nominations, and deputy president Adam Lipiński's term ends in November.
- 4d ago
Government spokesman says Braun must be taken seriously as a threat, not as a politician
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka said on Tuesday, 13 October, that Grzegorz Braun should be treated as a serious threat to Polish interests, responding to President Karol Nawrocki's Rzeczpospolita interview on a right-wing Senate pact.
- Oct 10
Venice Commission opinion reportedly favours systemic fix for Constitutional Tribunal row
The Council of Europe advisory body adopted its opinion on Friday on the president's powers over oaths of Constitutional Tribunal judges, and the text is due out on Monday or Tuesday.
- Oct 9
US ambassador praises Kosiniak-Kamysz as Poland and Lithuania push for permanent US troops
Ambassador Tom Rose praised Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on social media, while PiS MP Marcin Ociepa questioned why plans for a permanent US base in Poland have not moved since last year.
- Oct 9
Maciej Berek says he is ready to take Constitutional Tribunal oath outside the president's presence
Maciej Berek, elected by the Sejm as a Constitutional Tribunal judge on 4 September, has not yet sworn the oath because he has not received an invitation from President Karol Nawrocki. In a Rzeczpospolita interview published on 9 October, he said he would accept a different form of oath if required.
- Oct 9
Poles divided on Nawrocki meeting Putin at Miami G20 summit, 63.5% say he should not
Marco Rubio says Vladimir Putin has also been invited to the 14-15 December G20 summit in Miami, where Poland will be represented by President Karol Nawrocki. An IBRiS poll for Rzeczpospolita found 63.5% of respondents think the two should not meet.
- Oct 8
Poland drafts 'pre-war law' letting army act against hybrid threats
The bill, formally a law on state defence readiness, would let the military carry out kinetic operations before martial law is declared. Deputy Defence Minister Paweł Zalewski says the draft is due within two weeks.
- Oct 8
Opinia24 poll: KO leads with 33.1%, PiS 17.3%, Konfederacja 13.8%, Razem and PSL below threshold
Koalicja Obywatelska would win an election held next Sunday with 33.1% support, ahead of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość at 17.3%, according to an Opinia24 survey of 1,001 adult Poles conducted 5-7 October.
- Oct 8
Sejm passes bill letting courts order blocking of illegal online content
The lower house approved the amendment 242 to 61, with 136 abstentions, after President Karol Nawrocki vetoed an earlier version in January. The bill now goes to the Senate.
- Oct 8
Nawrocki stays most trusted politician in CBOS survey as Braun ranks least trusted
President Karol Nawrocki holds first place with 53% trust in the September CBOS survey, while 51% distrust Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a rise of 5 points from August. A separate SW Research poll found 46.1% of Poles dissatisfied with Tusk's performance.
- Oct 7
PiS and Confederation back former mayor Janusz Kubicki in Zielona Góra Senate by-election
Parties on the Polish right agreed not to run party candidates in District 20, uniting behind an independent ticket ahead of the 22 November vote for the seat of the late Mirosław Różański.
