Civic Platform wins an historic victory…
According to the final official results, the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party has won the Polish parliamentary elections held on Sunday 9th October, clearly defeating the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party by 39% to 30%. Third place was taken by the Palikot Movement (10%), fourth by the [...]
The Wrocław Global Forum aims at giving new spirit to the transatlantic dialog by refocusing it on global challenges and by reinforcing the voice of Central Europe as its key stakeholder.
Below, at the 2011 ‘New Energy Sources and the Global Power Equation Q&A’, Marek Matraszek raises the importance of shale energy in modern Europe, and poses [...]
It was inevitable that as the prospect of shale gas extraction in Europe, and especially Poland, becomes more realistic, so the voices of protest would emerge. Hardly surprising as shale has the consequence of undermining Gazprom’s entire business model, which is dependent on being the dominant supplier of natural gas to Germany and Central Europe. [...]
It was more than symbolic that Bronislaw Komorowski was elected President of Poland in the second round of voting on Sunday July 4th – American Independence Day. Although the timing was purely random, and the result of an electoral calendar suddenly imposed on Poland following the tragic death of former President Lech Kaczynski in the [...]
As excerpted from Business New Europe and republished in the Petroleum Economist:
Many question the legitimacy of German trepidation regarding the building of an energy terminal in northwest Poland as further proof positive of heavy Russian influence in both Berlin and throughout the European Union. Although at face value, Germany’s concerns centre on the environmental impact, CEC Government [...]
The following report on the geopolitical ramifications of the Polish election result has been brought to us by the Wall Street Journal’s Gordon Fairclough: Bronislaw Komorowski’s narrow weekend victory in Poland’s presidential election sets the stage for warmer relations between Warsaw and other European capitals, and could add another voice to calls for NATO to rethink [...]
With the final results of the Polish Presidential election officially announced, Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of the ruling PO (Civic Platform) party has just managed to beat Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, with 53% of the vote as against Kaczynski’s 47%. Few had expected the race to be so [...]
With almost all electoral districts declared in Poland’s Presidential elections, the candidate of the Civic Platform (PO) Bronislaw Komorowski has failed to secure a first round victory, scoring approximately 41% of the vote. However Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the Law and Justice (PiS) has obtained a respectable second place with 37% of the vote. Third place is [...]
Christmas in the EU comes not once a year, but approximately once every thirteen years, when each of the member states has the opportunity to take charge of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which is rotated between EU member states every six months. For Poland, this magic time will come in [...]
At the end of January 2010, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced at a press conference that he will NOT be running for the Presidency in the elections planned for the autumn of this year, despite year-long expectations that he would be the natural Civic Platform (PO) candidate. He cited the need for a steady grip [...]
Marek Matraszek is based in Warsaw. He has written widely on Polish and international affairs and is a regular commentator on Polish politics for the international media. He is the Founding Partner of CEC Government Relations, designing and implementing strategic communications and public affairs campaigns for major Western multinationals, and advising on their political strategy in the Central European region as a whole. Read more...
