In a significant development for Poland’s conservative movement, the newly established Stańczyk Club in Warsaw hosted its first Coalition Meeting last Friday. This event marks the introduction of a model of center-right collaboration that has been influential in the United States since the early 1990s.

• On April 8, the Ordo Iuris Institute presented the Polish version of a document with proposals for reforming the European Union, prepared jointly with Hungary’s Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC).

Sixth Court Hearing Ends Without Progress

On February 13, the Court of Appeals in Warsaw overturned an earlier verdict convicting Justyna Wydrzyńska, a well-known abortion activist from the so-called Abortion Dream Team, of assisting in a medical abortion.

In March 2023, the Warsaw-Praga Regional Court had sentenced this activist to community service for giving abortion pills to a woman who was pregnant with twins. It was a high-profile case that was reported in the international media.

On October 23, Warsaw’s Public Information Bulletin finally published a notice of acceptance for the Nov. 11 Independence March.

• On the order of the prosecutor's office, police drilled out a lock and forcibly entered the headquarters of the Independence March Association and seized documents and computer equipment belonging to the association, as well as other organizations located on the premises.