Marta Kotwas
@martakotwas.bsky.social
comments on: current political events in Poland | women’s rights and anti-genderism in CEE | right-wing populism & kitsch politics
Dear friends, Jan Kubik has finally joined BlueSky as @kuba2025.bsky.social - please drop him a follow to sweeten up his transition from the platform which shall not be named.
March 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Dear friends, Jan Kubik has finally joined BlueSky as @kuba2025.bsky.social - please drop him a follow to sweeten up his transition from the platform which shall not be named.
Reposted by Marta Kotwas
Our next deadline for special cluster proposal submissions is 31 April. For detailed submission guidelines please contact the Editorial Office (eeps@eepsfoundation.org). We look forward to receiving your proposals.
March 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our next deadline for special cluster proposal submissions is 31 April. For detailed submission guidelines please contact the Editorial Office (eeps@eepsfoundation.org). We look forward to receiving your proposals.
Reposted by Marta Kotwas
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
Reposted by Marta Kotwas
Poland has a new government led by the liberal pro-European Donald Tusk; many, including myself, thought this was nearly impossible after eight years of democratic backsliding under PiS. But, against all odds Poland is back!!
December 12, 2023 at 8:56 PM
Poland has a new government led by the liberal pro-European Donald Tusk; many, including myself, thought this was nearly impossible after eight years of democratic backsliding under PiS. But, against all odds Poland is back!!
Reposted by Marta Kotwas
Kaczynski just called Tusk ‘a German agent’ during the Sejm plenary…
December 11, 2023 at 6:03 PM
Kaczynski just called Tusk ‘a German agent’ during the Sejm plenary…
Sejm chooses Donald Tusk for Prime Minister with:
248 votes in favour and
201 votes against.
Vote of confidence for his cabinet is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
248 votes in favour and
201 votes against.
Vote of confidence for his cabinet is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
December 11, 2023 at 5:51 PM
Sejm chooses Donald Tusk for Prime Minister with:
248 votes in favour and
201 votes against.
Vote of confidence for his cabinet is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
248 votes in favour and
201 votes against.
Vote of confidence for his cabinet is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
Today’s proceedings of the Polish Parliament have record viewership - including a crowd gathered in a Warsaw cinema and over 260.000 peak viewers watching the live YouTube broadcast.
A short🧵on the style of the debate 1/n
A short🧵on the style of the debate 1/n
December 11, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Today’s proceedings of the Polish Parliament have record viewership - including a crowd gathered in a Warsaw cinema and over 260.000 peak viewers watching the live YouTube broadcast.
A short🧵on the style of the debate 1/n
A short🧵on the style of the debate 1/n
The Law and Justice party is out of government with PM Morawiecki’s cabinet losing the vote of confidence with:
190 votes for
266 votes against.
Still tonight the Sejm will choose Donald Tusk as the new PM. He will present his cabinet and programme to the MPs tomorrow morning.
190 votes for
266 votes against.
Still tonight the Sejm will choose Donald Tusk as the new PM. He will present his cabinet and programme to the MPs tomorrow morning.
December 11, 2023 at 3:28 PM
The Law and Justice party is out of government with PM Morawiecki’s cabinet losing the vote of confidence with:
190 votes for
266 votes against.
Still tonight the Sejm will choose Donald Tusk as the new PM. He will present his cabinet and programme to the MPs tomorrow morning.
190 votes for
266 votes against.
Still tonight the Sejm will choose Donald Tusk as the new PM. He will present his cabinet and programme to the MPs tomorrow morning.
Reposted by Marta Kotwas
Are post-communist regimes just about a struggle btw democracy and autocracy?
Roundtable @UCLSSEES with Bálint Magyar & Bálint Madlovics @Ceu, Alena Ledeneva (@UCLSEES), @sstroschein2 (@UCLSPP), Henry Hale (@ElliottschoolGW) Wed 29 Nov. 1500 (GMT) In-person/online
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Roundtable @UCLSSEES with Bálint Magyar & Bálint Madlovics @Ceu, Alena Ledeneva (@UCLSEES), @sstroschein2 (@UCLSPP), Henry Hale (@ElliottschoolGW) Wed 29 Nov. 1500 (GMT) In-person/online
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Rethinking post-communist regimes – a roundtable discussion
Organised by the UCL SSEES Politics and Sociology seminar series and SSEESing seminar series
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 11, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Are post-communist regimes just about a struggle btw democracy and autocracy?
Roundtable @UCLSSEES with Bálint Magyar & Bálint Madlovics @Ceu, Alena Ledeneva (@UCLSEES), @sstroschein2 (@UCLSPP), Henry Hale (@ElliottschoolGW) Wed 29 Nov. 1500 (GMT) In-person/online
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
Roundtable @UCLSSEES with Bálint Magyar & Bálint Madlovics @Ceu, Alena Ledeneva (@UCLSEES), @sstroschein2 (@UCLSPP), Henry Hale (@ElliottschoolGW) Wed 29 Nov. 1500 (GMT) In-person/online
www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events...
It’s been 2 weeks since the parliamentary elections in Poland. Many commentators are pleased with the results. But were they fully democratic? What happens to electoral fairness in backsliding democracies? Jan Kubik and I gave our assessment in a piece for the GWU Illiberalism blog: t.co/qUiRimnsPJ
Destructive Ambiguity: How Polish Populist Incumbents Tinker with Electoral Fairness | illiberalism....
Ahead of Poland's 2023 elections, Marta Kotwas and Jan Kubik catalog the ways in which the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has undermined election fairness, detailing the ways in which PiS has stru...
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November 1, 2023 at 9:59 PM
It’s been 2 weeks since the parliamentary elections in Poland. Many commentators are pleased with the results. But were they fully democratic? What happens to electoral fairness in backsliding democracies? Jan Kubik and I gave our assessment in a piece for the GWU Illiberalism blog: t.co/qUiRimnsPJ
It’s so strange not to be welcomed with car accident videos and Big Brother UK ads in my feed.
October 29, 2023 at 1:27 PM
It’s so strange not to be welcomed with car accident videos and Big Brother UK ads in my feed.
October 29, 2023 at 1:27 PM