Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. What is going on in poland . Injuly, the European Union began legal action against the polish government, over controversial proposed reforms, that critics say will politicise the legal system. Its threatening to withdraw funding and suspend polands Voting Rights in eu. My guest today is the polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski. It is poland, that was a country held up as a model of post soviet transition, turning away from Liberal Democracy . And what does this mean for its people and its place in europe and the world . Foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. 20 months ago, your law and Justice Party won the elections, now it is facing a lot of criticisms. What has gone wrong . I dont think anything is wrong in poland. We are running the country for the last 21 months. Weve got a very strong democratic mandate from our people in poland. And we are trying still to modernise the country, develop the count
Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. What is going on in poland . Injuly, the European Union began legal action against the polish government, over controversial proposed reforms, that critics say will politicise the legal system. Its threatening to withdraw funding and suspend polands Voting Rights in eu. My guest today is the polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski. It is poland, that was a country held up as a model of post soviet transition, turning away from Liberal Democracy . And what does this mean for its people and its place in europe and the world . Foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. 20 months ago, your law and Justice Party won the elections, now it is facing a lot of criticisms. What has gone wrong . I dont think anything is wrong in poland. We are running the country for the last 21 months. Weve got a very strong democratic mandate from our people in poland. And we are trying still to modernise the country, develop the count
this. they say if you ban burning holy books you are infringing free speech. one danish politician, echoed voltaire saying i do not agree what you say but i would fight to the death for your right to say it. and remember, the danish people would have a certain sense of deja vu here. in 2005 a danish newspaper published cartoons of the prophet muhammad. this led to attacks on danes abroad and danish organisations. once again, the same debate about free speech but it seems the danish government wants to go ahead, thejustice minister said burning the koran was an offensive act and above all he said it is not in denmark s interests to allow it to go ahead. in denmark s interests to allow it to go ahead- in denmark s interests to allow it to go ahead. ok, paul, fascinating stuff. to go ahead. ok, paul, fascinating stuff- thank to go ahead. ok, paul, fascinating stuff. thank you to go ahead. ok, paul, fascinating stuff. thank you for to go ahead. ok, paul, fascinating stuff. thank you
with this amnesty bill, because what they are doing. and what we cannot understand, and this is thousands of families, is white mainstream media are not covering this. why aren t the bbc, who are there to educate and inform, why are you not discussing these atrocious, obscene piece of legislation that this government are trying to push through?! you know, we do struggle but we strive to try and maintain our belief in the justice system, and that is why we are currently in the process of waiting to have a meeting with thejustice minister and the home office to discuss our serious concerns we have surrounding the murder of our loved ones, but also waiting for our decision, for us, too, to have the same equality that others have had, to have a statutory inquiry. you cannot give to one and not to another. because what they are creating is a hierarchy of victims. we can t call
£2000. she was working full time her salary would be roughly £69,000. she says for her this is notjust a dispute about wages but about wider working conditions. i have seen a decline in the morale, the working environment, the safety of our working environment, our working environment, our working conditions. this is not something that i can see maybe never used to be like this, i have seen it deteriorate, team ethos, team morale. two doctors with different experiences. the government says its latest pay offer recognises the important work that junior recognises the important work thatjunior doctors do, but has to balance that against the risks higher inflation. south african authorities have announced that former president, jacob zuma, will not have to spend any more time in prison for contempt of court. thejustice minister said the decision was part of the government s effort to relieve prison overcrowding. the move marks the end