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Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• the Sejm adopts a bill to secure drawdown of funding from the EU Covid-19 recovery fund with Lewica voting with the government

• Justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro and Solidarna Polska warn of a threat to Polish sovereignty from conditionality attached to EU funds

• Initial steps in the May reopening of Poland’s economy and society are underway as the recent sharp fall in Covid-19 cases continues, and

• Poland marks the 230th anniversary of the 1791 constitution regarded as the world’s second modern constitution.