Poland

[Heresson]

Do news from Poland reach you? What do you hear about us? I've noticed the news of our government demanding money from German have reached you... What more?
The problem with Poland is that it's very divided. Half of the people here are completely terrified by our new government. Especially people in western Poland. But I want to hear what do you, foreigners, hear about Poland and its current political situation.

[ZEE]

I lived with a Polish guy. We played Civ 2 hotseat together. He was pretty good.

For soem reason he used the Germans and renamed them: Nazi's. Even had me replace a Nazi flag in place of the German's flag in the game files lol. He was also quite the ladies man, plus he was like 6'7", blonde, and muscular. Nicest dude you'd ever meet.

[Dinner]

Basically that the government is underming both democracy and the rule of law trying to make sure it gets excessive powers.

[Proteus_MST]

Definitely, that the rightwing government actively tries to curb the freedom of press so that only its own propaganda media are able to report unhindered.
And that there have been several protest against the government since it came to power

[Elok]

I've heard basically nothing. I seem to recall that the government was taking a hard line against migrants, but I might be confusing them with a different east European country. I'm afraid it's not something I focus on.

[BlackCat]

IIRC the leading party tried to make a coup d'etat by taking control of the court system, but the president showed some balls and prevented/delayed it - don't know how it ended.

Edit: Oh, good to see you again

[Ben Kenobi]

Heard lots about the prayer campaign.

[BeBMan]

First thing I noticed here was that the new ruling party is named PiS, which sparked some unfavourable jokes once their policies became more known.

Second thing is that I could understand historical animosities towards Russia and Germany to some extent, but they don't seem to be much interested in improving things. Also, in case of Russia, it's surprising how the model of politics/society favoured by PiS seems to be rather similar to what's going on in Russia...

[Heresson]

Well you've all heard right. The government already controls the Constitution Tribunal (illegally), and it attempted to replace the High Court, but the president stopped them even though he's from the same party. The scary thing is that the ruling party still tops the polls, even though for example they used the money for promotion of Poland abroad for promoting the government at home, etc. Nothing sticks to them. Also, they grabbed the state TV in a firm grip and turned it into pure propaganda.