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'We had warned that a clash of civilisations was coming,' Tomasz Rzymkowski, an MP from Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, said (Photo: Piotr Pawłowski)

Polish party roars back at EU on LGBTI fines

EU protection of LGBTI people in Poland has enraged members of the country's ruling elite, who hit back with apocalyptic rhetoric.

"The Polish government should ... defend Polish governors against the illegal actions of the European Commission," Zbigniew Ziobro, Polish justice minister and prosecutor general, said on Monday (3 August).

"LGBTI activists have strong EU financial backing, but despite their hooligan excesses, Miss commissioner Dalli won't spare a thought for taking ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

'We had warned that a clash of civilisations was coming,' Tomasz Rzymkowski, an MP from Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, said (Photo: Piotr Pawłowski)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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