Summary of the day
Polish president Andrzej Duda said he would not rest until Law and Justice politicians Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik were freed from prison.
The two were convicted of abuse of power for actions taken in 2007, and a court on Monday issued orders for police to deliver them to prison, deepening tensions between the president and the new government of Donald Tusk.
Kamiński said he was a “political prisoner” and was starting a hunger strike.
Poland’s deputy justice minister, Maria Ejchart, said Kamiński and Wąsik were not political prisoners.
At least two people died as a migration boat appears to have neared the Greek island of Lesbos amid high winds.
The German GDL train drivers’ union began striking early this morning, causing significant disruption to rail traffic across the country.
Politicians from Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, including a personal aide to its leader, Alice Weidel, met the head of the rightwing extremist Identitarian movement and neo-Nazi activists to discuss a “masterplan” for mass deportations in the event of the party coming to power, it has been reported.
Abdullah Güler, the parliamentary group chair of Turkey’s ruling AK party, said on Wednesday that the Turkish parliament could put the Swedish Nato bid on its agenda in “the coming weeks”.
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Turkish parliament may debate Swedish Nato membership in coming weeks, official says
Abdullah Güler, the parliamentary group chair of Turkey’s ruling AK party, said on Wednesday that the Turkish parliament could put the Swedish Nato bid on its agenda in “the coming weeks”, Reuters reported.
All Nato allies except Turkey and Hungary have already completed the ratification process for Sweden, and repeatedly delays in Ankara and Budapest have fuelled frustration within the alliance. However, officials say there have been signals that ratification is nearing.
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