The bloc for the first time invoked a rule that could strip Poland of its voting rights after the president signed measures that critics say threaten the rule of law.

A new Polish law criminalizes blaming Poles for any wrongdoing against other nations. But the move only serves to highlight the fact that some Poles were complicit in crimes against Jews, while jeopardizing the country's relationship with its three most important allies: the US, Germany, and Ukraine.

The European Union proposed Thursday giving millions of people in the 28-nation bloc better access to safe tap water and reduce water consumption via wasteful plastic bottles. The legislation proposed by the European Commission, the EU executive, aims to make safe drinking water a citizen right in line with social rights adopted at a summit in Gothenburg, Sweden in November.

In a once-progressive corner of Europe, a far-right ruling party is tightening its grip, risking the nation’s suspension from the EU for anti-democratic policies. Paul Waldie looks at how Poles ended up here, and why some want to go even further

President Trump’s comments have outraged many global leaders, but they also fit a pattern, even inside the E.U., of dehumanizing language toward migrants.

Henryk Wujec, a  Polish politician and historical member of the Polish labour union Solidarność, met the filming crew and researchers

Progress towards full democracy and commitment to the rule of law in the western Balkans is either stagnating or going backwards as the UK’s influence in the region declines, a Lords committee has said. Russian and extreme Islamic influence is expanding, state capture of civil institutions is growing and support for EU membership is in decline, the international relations committee says. Some nationalist leaders point to the UK’s planned departure from the EU as a sign that European values are no longer relevant, it adds in a report.

A cabinet reshuffle suggests that the new prime minister is no puppet and indicates a new direction of travel at home and abroad – one with potentially great rewards for PiS, but also significant r…

Both governments prefer ‘conservative nationalist’ states to democracy. Brussels should take a stand

At the behest of the US, the UN regular budget for 2018-2019 has been reduced by $285 million per year. But the world receives an astounding return on its investments in the UN, and member countries should be investing far more, not less, in its organizations and programs.

Confused? So are Czechs.

James Angleton was a conspiracy theorist with state power who had a profound impact on America’s secret government.

Poland refuses to reinstate the rule of law, yet happily accepts EU funding. Authorities in Brussels can no longer accept this. It puts the bloc at risk of falling apart, says DW's Bernd Riegert.

When, back in April 2015, I had the honour and pleasure of setting up NowoczesnaPL with Ryszard Petru and 19 other eminent individuals, we didn’t expect that Law and Justice (PiS) would be able to ruin Poland to the extent that it has. For ruining the country is exactly what it is doing.

The outcome will have far-reaching consequences for other member states.

The European Commission has taken new steps to address concerns about judicial independence and the rule of law in Poland.

For Holy Land Christians, President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital was about as welcome as a biblical curse. For American evangelical Christians, it has been welcomed as an auspicious sign from on high. The divide reflects two diverging views of Jerusalem.

Poland’s prime minister has signaled his country will back the UK on a bespoke Brexit deal, at a meeting with Theresa May in Warsaw in which he warned against “very dangerous” EU protectionism. Five senior cabinet ministers accompanied May on her visit to Warsaw, proof of the growing strategic importance of the relationship but which risked being overshadowed by the deepening rift between Mateusz Morawiecki’s administration and the EU over his government’s crackdown on judicial independence.

The government wants to make changes to the legal system, but isn’t keen on a war with Brussels.

Activists debate controversial tie-up to pose threat to Orbàn.