The European Commission has launched a “rule-of-law” investigation into Poland’s new legislation concerning its Constitutional court and media. The probe could eventually lead to the suspension of the country’s voting rights within the European Union. On Wednesday, the Commission decided to carry out a preliminary assessment of the controversial laws recently adopted in Poland that, according... 

Poland’s future minister for European affairs said his government will not accept EU-mandate quotas for refugees following the terrorist attacks in France. Konrad Szymanski, who will take the office on Monday as part of the country’s new conservative government, said his cabinet didn’t agree with their predecessors’ commitment to take a share in the refugee burden. Now, “in the face of the...