See the comments for a better feel for what is happening in Poland.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/21/obama-is-polands-only-hope/
U.S. says following events in Poland ‘very closely’ after EU probe launched
A Different View of Poland
http://www.currenteventspoland.com/analysis/a-different-view-of-poland.html
Poland PM Szydlo defends reforms in EU Parliament
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35357887
Int’l press supportive of PM Szydło’s speech in EP
http://thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/237286
Will the E.U. suspend Poland? Here are 3 reasons that’s unlikely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/01/21/will-the-e-u-suspend-poland-here-are-3-reasons-it-wont/
Polish and EU presidents call for calm in spat over Warsaw’s reforms
http://www.dw.com/en/polish-and-eu-presidents-call-for-calm-in-spat-over-warsaws-reforms/a-18987058
Tusk breaks ranks with EU leadership on Poland
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2614cf72-bde3-11e5-846f-79b0e3d20eaf.html
A Polish E.U. Leader Seeks Middle Ground in a Dispute With Poland
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/world/europe/a-polish-eu-leader-seeks-middle-ground-in-a-dispute-with-poland.html
Poland invokes Nazi crimes in EU rule-of-law dispute
https://euobserver.com/justice/131768
Poland’s “Constitutional Crisis”: Less and More Serious than it Appears
https://providencemag.com/2016/01/polands-constitutional-crisis-less-and-more-serious-than-it-appears/
What Union does Poland want?
by Witold Waszczykowski, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/12115486/What-Union-does-Poland-want.html
NATO top brass agree to recommend changes in alliance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/nato-top-brass-discuss-future-strategy-force-posture/2016/01/21/c8acf58a-c02b-11e5-98c
8-7fab78677d51_story.html
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The EU’s back is against the wall. It won’t go down without a dirty fight
“It is not the EU’s job to destabilise or dictate to the government of Poland, not least because the European Commission has far
less democratic legitimacy than the Polish government does.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12115770/The-EUs-back-is-against-the-wall.-It-wont-go-down-without-a-dirty
-fight.html
Poland Welcomes Increased British Military Presence
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/22/world/europe/ap-eu-poland-britain.html
Poland Clouds NATO’s Nuanced Russia Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/01/22/world/europe/22reuters-nato-poland-analysis.html
German, Polish Leaders Take Conciliatory Tone Amid Tensions
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/21/world/europe/ap-eu-poland-germany.html
Poland’s New Government Not in Hurry to Join Euro-Finance Minister
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/01/19/world/europe/19reuters-poland-eurozone.html
Tusk, Duda Not Poles Apart on EU Probe of Law Changes
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/18/world/europe/ap-eu-europe-poland.html
Video: Warsaw reinvents itself as a 21st-century city
http://video.ft.com/4036463487001/Warsaw-reinvents-itself-as-a-21st-century-city/Life-And-Arts
