HUNGARY/POLAND: Significant concessions unlikely in talks with EU

HUNGARY/POLAND: Significant concessions unlikely in talks with EU | Speevr

Poland and Hungary are unlikely to make significant concessions in the negotiations with the EU, at least in the near term. The rule-of-law talks could destabilize the wobbly United Right coalition government in Poland. Few domestic pressures make Budapest’s position more flexible but not necessarily softer. Yesterday, 30 December, the prime ministers of Hungary and […]

POLAND: PiS moves toward challenging but inevitable coal phase-out

POLAND: PiS moves toward challenging but inevitable coal phase-out | Speevr

The Polish government appears committed to finally start the transition away from coal in the power sector. This will require difficult compromises with the country’s influential mining unions, and may trigger new protests and lower support for the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party in its electoral strongholds. Nuclear power could become one of the […]