Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki
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| Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki | |
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| 2019–present | |
 Mateusz Morawiecki (2019) | |
| Date formed | 15 November 2019 |
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| President | Andrzej Duda |
| Prime Minister | Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Prime Minister's history | 2017–present |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Piotr Gliński (2019-) Jarosław Gowin (2019-2020, 2020-2021) Jadwiga Emilewicz (2020) Jacek Sasin (2019-) Jarosław Kaczyński (2020-) |
| No. of ministers | 23[citation needed] |
| Ministers removed | 3[citation needed] resigned |
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| Election(s) | 2019 parliamentary election |
| Legislature term(s) | 9th Sejm & 10th Senate |
| Predecessor | Morawiecki I |
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The Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki is the Council of Ministers headed by the President of the Council of Ministers Mateusz Morawiecki, sworn in by President Andrzej Duda on November 15, 2019, following his designation of the Prime Minister the day before.
The government is supported by the Law and Justice (232 MPs, as of August 2021)[1]), as well as some individual MPs of coalition parties. The Council of Ministers involves politicians of the Law and Justice, the United Poland, as well as independents. The Prime Minister delivered his statement to the lower house on November 19, obtaining 237 approving votes out of 460 deputies, and thus sealed the formation of his cabinet. On October 6, 2020 the government was reconstructed.
On June 25, 2021 the cabinet lost majority in the Sejm, when 3 deputies (Zbigniew Girzyński, Arkadiusz Czartoryski, Małgorzata Janowska) left Law and Justice and established new deputies' circle (Wybór Polska, literally Poland Choice), but after 2 weeks, on July 7, regained a majority when Arkadiusz Czartoryski returned to Law and Justice club.
In August 2021, a controversial media bill was passed via the Sejm. This resulted in breaking the United Right coalition after Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin had been sacked and had taken away the 13 members of his Agreement party, so that the ruling coalition would lose its majority, unless it recruits some more MPs.[2]
Cabinet[]
Policy[]
Media law[]
In July 2021, a group of PiS lawmakers, submitted to parliament a draft amendment that would prevent companies from outside the European Economic Area taking control of Polish radio and television stations. This would mean that American Discovery which owns TVN might be forced to divest its ownership, therefore the proposes law is commonly known as Lex TVN (the TVN Law) in Poland. The TVN is known to be highly critical of the Law and Justice party (PiS).[3][4] Agreement (political party), a PiS coalition partner, was opposed to this, they instead proposed a change that would allow companies from countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to own more than 49% of shares in Polish media companies. Meaning no change to American ownership of the channel.[5][6]
The government denies the measure is aimed at any one broadcaster, saying it seeks to prevent potential media acquisitions by non-EU countries such as Russia, China and Arab nations.[7]
in August 2021, the bill was passed via the Sejm on a vote of 228 to 216, with 10 abstentions, making TVN’s rights expire on September 26.[2][8][9] This resulted in breaking the United Right coalition after Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin had been sacked and had taken away the 13 members of his Agreement party.[2]
Social[]
In July 2020, Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro declared he will begin preparing the formal process to withdraw Poland from the Istanbul Convention.[10][11][12][13] He said that the treaty is harmful because it "requires that schools teach children about gender in an ideological way and de-emphasizes biological sex".[citation needed]
In March 2021, Ziobro justice ministry prepared a bill banning same-sex couples from adopting children, saying “This solution corresponds to the views of the vast majority of Polish society,”[14][15]
References[]
- ^ "Klub Parlamentarny Prawo i Sprawiedliwość" (retrieved August 2021)
- ^ a b c "Poland's ruling party rams through media law despite US warnings". 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Polish draft law threatens U.S.-owned broadcaster, opposition says | Reuters".
- ^ "Discovery opposes proposed Polish media rules". Reuters. 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Polish media law faces uncertain future amid coalition splits".
- ^ "Junior coalition leader says media law amendment threatens investment".
- ^ "The explainer: Lex TVN and Poland's parliamentary drama". Emerging Europe. 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ Erlanger, Steven; Pronczuk, Monika (11 August 2021). "Poland's Government Wins Vote on Media Bill, Despite Losing Majority". The New York Times.
- ^ "Polish parliament passes controversial new media ownership bill". TheGuardian.com. 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Poland to quit treaty on violence against women, minister says". The Sydney Morning Herald. July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Poland to withdraw from treaty on violence against women". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Istanbul Convention: Poland to leave European treaty on violence against women". BBC News. July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Poland to quit Istanbul convention to curb gender-free agenda". Daily Sabah. July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Poland prepares bill to ban same-sex couples from adopting children". 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Justice ministry wants ban on homosexual adoptions".
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