Polish thought Information Service 13.02.2026
Poland. president Karol Nawrocki vetoed a law declaring the Silesian language regional – informed his law firm. The bill was the second in this parliamentary word of parliament, and in full – as counted during parliamentary work – the ninth legislative effort on this issue. Under the Law, the Silesian language was to be entered in the Act on National and cultural Minorities as the second, alongside the Kashubian language, regional language. This would mean, among another things, the anticipation of introducing voluntary classes from the Silesian language to schools, the installation of bilingual plaques with names of localities, where the usage of the Silesian language declares more than 20% of inhabitants, the co-financing of activities related to the preservation of the Silesian language, and the introduction of 2 representatives of people utilizing the Silesian language to the Commission of the Common Government and National and cultural Minorities.
Poland. A media assault on the artist continues Maciej Klocinski. The Polish artist presented on 1 February in a performance “Romansiad” on the occasion of the global Russian Romance Day. According to the organizers, Russian performers and guests “from countries of Europe, Asia, the Caucasus and the Balkans” participated in the music competition. Maciej Klocinski is simply a Żyrard singer, musician and conference player. For years he has been active in popularizing the music of the 20th anniversary of interwar. In the past he performed with the Warsaw band Orchestra from Chmielna.
European Union. The ideological madness in Brussels is not weakening. A curiosity has arisen in the European Parliament. MEPs voted on an amendment stating that only a biological female could become pregnant. The results could be shocking. 233 MEPs voted against, 200 were in favour and 107 abstained. Sociologist Marcin Palade He said: “Is it crazy? Yeah, increasing but democratic. I will repeat that the EU will not last until the end of this decade."
European Union. Another scandal in Brussels. On Thursday, the Belgian police searched the offices of the European Commission. Activities are linked to suspicions of transactions worth EUR 900 million. EPPO spokesperson Tine Hollevoet told the Belgian paper “De Morgen” that the intent of the search of the EC office was “to gather evidence as part of an ongoing investigation”.
European Union. The European Commission could not unlock the measures for Hungary before the full entry into force of the reforms to rectify the state of justice in the country, as the Opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union published on Thursday. The Hungarian Prime Minister presented this position from the beginning Viktor Orban.
European Union. Spanish farmers against European Union policy. Spanish farmers entered Madrid with a column of about 500 tractors, protesting against low incomes and the European Union trade agreement with South American countries. Farmers request urgent action to defend Spain's food security. They stress that expanding production costs and restrictive rules are increasingly reducing their income.
StaUnited States. Trump Against Climateism. president of the United States Donald Trump announced on Thursday the abolition of the formal designation of greenhouse gas emissions as a threat to public health, calling it the "biggest act of deregulation in history" of the country. According to Trump, this is to reduce car prices by $2.4 1000 and give savings of $1.3 trillion.
Italy.Władysław Heraskewycz will not compete in the Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Games. The Ukrainian Skeletonist was not allowed to compete in the competition after he refused to change the helmet commemorating the lost athletes and coaches in the war with Russia. The ICCOL cited the article of the 50th Olympic Charter, which prohibits all kinds of political, spiritual and racial demonstrations on Olympic objects. Leader of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski He decorated the excluded Olympic Skeletonist Władysław Heraskewycz with the Order of Freedom and declared that his disqualification contradicts the principles of olympism.
Switzerland. They want a population limit. Switzerland is preparing for a historical vote on a proposal to limit the population to 10 million. The referendum initiated by the Swiss People's organization will be held on 14 June. If the SVP initiative is accepted, the authorities will gotta refuse to enter fresh people, including refugees, erstwhile the population reaches 9.5 million. After exceeding the threshold of 10 million, the country could besides end its cooperation under the free movement agreement with the European Union.
Czech Republic. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babisz besides stated that the EU should have a single energy market. In this way, he supported the request of French president Emmanuel Macron, who first proposed to jointly regulate prices for industry. Prime Minister Andrej Babisz stated: "We request to revise the ETS emissions trading system, or we will meet over and over again." According to him, 63% of the profit from the rights goes to the US and the UK.
Great Britain. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, a 73-year-old co-owner of Manchester United football club, founder and CEO of the chemical group INEOS, ranked among the wealthiest citizens of the United Kingdom, stated: “You cannot have an economy with 9 million people collecting benefits and a immense number of incoming migrants.” He added: “Britain was colonized by immigrants, right? The population of Britain was 58 million in 2020, now 70 million. That makes 12 million people.‘.
Israel. Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanjahu returning from his visit to the US, he stated in a written message that "the conditions created by U.S. president Donald Trump could open the way to a good deal with Iran".
Cuba. Russian tourists are coming home. As part of the Aeroflot group, Rossiya Airlines starts flights to Cuba to evacuate Russian tourists from the island in a fuel crisis, Radio Marti has passed. The Russians announced a temporary cessation of regular cruises.
The service prepared the editorial squad of Polish Thought.