In London, the arguments are continuing in the Supreme Court concerning last week’s suspension of the country’s parliament. Last Monday, the British parliament was shut down at the instruction of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a process known as prorogation.
The government maintains the PM was within his rights to suspend the legislature. They said in court yesterday that the Prime Minister had the right to use the power of prorogation even for political purposes. The government’s lawyers also insisted that the issue was not for the courts to decide as it is political in nature.
The appellants, who claim the prorogation was unlawful, argue that the Prime Ministers motive in calling the suspension was to avoid parliamentary scrutiny in the run up to Brexit.
The Polish government has announced plans to raise the national minimum wage to 4,000 Zl per month by 2024.
The plans would see the lowest wages rise incrementally over the next four years to eventually reach an increase of 78%. In the coming year, an increase of 15% is planned, bringing the minimum wage in Poland to 2,600 PLN per month. However, some employers have expressed concern that the rises could lead to higher costs, lowering salaries overall.
Law and Justice party leader Jarosław Kaczyński said at an election rally last Thursday that the wage rises would end the 'post-colonial concept’ of Poland as a source of cheap labour.
Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has said yesterday that Poland and its northern neighbour Lithuania are 'heading in the same direction’.
Speaking following talks with his Lithuanian counterpart, Mr Morawiecki told reporters yesterday that the two countries were looking at various ways to strengthen bilateral relations and work together in Europe.
Morawiecki also said that Poland and Lithuania share similar, if not identical, stances on certain issues, adding that ties between the two nations are 'the best they have ever been’.
Events took place around Pomerania yesterday in remembrance of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet invasion.
On the 17th September 1939, Soviet forces invaded Poland from the east, just sixteen days after the German invasion from the west, dividing Poland between communism and nazism. Yesterday in Słupsk, flowers were laid and candles lit at a cross commemorating the victims of the Katyn Massacre, one of the most egregious terrors of Soviet occupation. Meanwhile in Elbląg, a ceremony at Agricola cemetery remembered the victims of mass deportations to Siberia and Kazakhstan. President of the local branch of the Siberian Union, Czesław Żukowski, paid homage to the parents and relatives who’s 'faith, patriotism, love and conviction to return to Poland’ saved the lives of so many alive today.
Poland’s volleyball team are looking unstoppable after sweeping past Montenegro with a 3-0 win yesterday.
It’s the team’s fourth victory so far, after sailing past Estonia, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic. Poland’s volleyball team is ranked No. 4 globally, winning the world championship last year. The team will be going for their fifth consecutive victory tomorrow when they face Ukraine.
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