The new government of Poland fired the heads of the largest state media: 2 TV channels stopped broadcasting

In Poland, the heads of state media were dismissed/Collage 24 Channel

The new government of Poland claims that state media over the past 8 years became propaganda. Warsaw has decided to dismiss the heads of the relevant media outlets. The opposition came to the defense of journalists.

On Wednesday, December 20, this became known. TV channels TVP Info and TVP3 stopped broadcasting less than an hour later, the TVPinfo website does not work. The management of the PAP news agency was also fired.

Media reformation in Polish

New Prime Minister Donald Tusk's coalition has promised to create new media that will take a more balanced approach in their work.

At the same time, on the eve of the Sejm, the Polish parliament, adopted a resolution “On the restoration of legal order, impartiality and integrity of state media and RAR.”

In addition, other Polish media publish footage showing that police arrived at the state media buildings.

Law enforcement officers were called by deputies from another opposition party, “Sovereign Poland”. Politicians of this force complained that members of the supervisory board from the Ministry of Culture allegedly entered the media offices illegally.

“They ran away,” says a female voice in the video in Polish, while while the police knock on the door, hoping that someone will open it for them. Actually, representatives of the supervisory board sent by the government should open it for them.

Warsaw police arrived at the opposition’s call at the offices of the state media: video of a party deputy “Sovereign Poland” by Sebastian Lukaszewicz

Autumn elections: what you need to know

• It should be said that for the last 8 years the Law and Justice party has held power in Poland. In the parliamentary elections in October 2023, it did not receive the required number of votes, although it received first place.
• The following parties formed the coalition: “Civic Coalition”, “Poland 2050”, Polish Peasant Party, New Left. In total, they received more than 50% of the votes, which helped remove PiS from power.
• Donald Tusk was appointed as the new Prime Minister – he is called a Euro-optimist, a supporter of Ukraine and one of the most experienced politicians in the world, which can lead Poland to the right path.