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Polish Opposition to Propose PSL Members For Lower House Speaker Position

POLAND

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  • PiS -Anti-establishment grouping Kukiz'15 leader Pawel Kukiz vows to reject the senate's prospective veto to the bill on foreign holdings in local media.
    • Kukiz'15 will support ruling party PiS' initiatives and personnel policy on line with prior agreements but said his grouping have no plans to officially join the ruling coalition
  • Polish opposition parties will most likely propose agrarian PSL leader Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz or his party peer Piotr Zgorzelski as their joint candidate for the position of the lower house speaker following opposition calls for the House Speaker Witek's replacement
  • Polish electricity vendors will likely motion for 20-30% sales tariffs hikes for 2022, which -if approved by market regulator URE - is expected to result in a 10-15% increase in household electricity bills.
    • Vendors hope the regulator might be more open to some hikes in the light of upcoming legislation meant to subsidize bills of the lowest earners
  • Experts say Poland could face a fourth wave of Covid infections as the delta variant becomes more dominant.
    • Cases reached 186 yesterday (2-month high) and govt officials warned restrictions might be restored if cases go above 1,000
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