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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020 file photo, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, left, and Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban share a word as they line up for a group picture prior to a meeting in Beja, Portugal. Polish government officials insisted on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, that they are sticking to their tough negotiating position ahead of a key European Union summit next week that should finalize the bloc’s next seven-year budget and a major pandemic recovery package. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Pressure mounts on Hungary, Poland to unlock EU stimulus

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

People inspect the debris after an explosion in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the early hours of Tuesday morning Dec. 8, 2020. Two Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands were badly damaged by explosions Tuesday but no injuries were reported police said. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Blasts badly damage 2 Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands

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Polish state oil refiner buying key private media company

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech for the U.S. troops at the U.S. Yokota Air Base, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. President Trump arrived in Japan Sunday on a five-nation trip to Asia, his second extended foreign trip since taking office and his first to Asia. The trip will take him to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and Philippines for summits of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Poland dumps ‘rhetorical musing’ after 2020 elections, scraps plans to construct ‘Fort Trump’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Poland says it’s not backing down ahead of EU budget summit

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

People face a riot police line during a protest against a top court ruling restricting abortions in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Poland is facing one of the biggest protest movements since the collapse of Communism three decades ago. It erupted after the country's constitutional court, packed by loyalists of the conservative ruling party, attempted to further tighten one of the world's most restrictive abortion laws. The women-led protest for some feels like a revolutionary moment that signals a deeper generational change. (AP Photo/Agata Grzybowska)

Rage and hope fuel women’s revolt over abortion in Poland

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Poland, Hungary PMs meet over EU budget veto strategy

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

President Trump visited Warsaw, Poland, during his first year in office and spoke with Polish President Andrzej Duda about a U.S. military base in September 2018. (Associated Press)

‘Fort Trump’ in Poland replaced by Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

People demonstrate against police violence and an attempted restriction on abortion rights in Warsaw Poland, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Nationwide protests Saturday were scheduled to coincide with Polish women gaining the right to vote 102 years ago. Weeks of protests against a high court's ruling to further restrict Abortion rights have evolved into the largest protest movement since communism fell 30 years ago.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Police block Warsaw march against abortion ruling, force use

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a news conference at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius, Lithuania. Morawiecki says on Friday, Nov. 27 he has confirmed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Warsaw is ready to block the EU’s huge budget and recovery package because it’s linked to democratic standards in member states. Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Facebook that he spoke with Merkel, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, about the 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget for 2021-2027 and the urgently needed coronavirus recovery package that is to be implemented in January.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, file)

Polish PM says he’s told Merkel of plan to veto EU budget

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Hungary, Poland uphold their veto to EU money mechanism

By JUSTIN SPIKE and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2020, file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen removes her face mask as she arrives to give a statement at the EU headquarters in Brussels. The European Union still hasn't completely sorted out its messy post-divorce relationship with Britain — but it has already been plunged into another major crisis. This time the 27-member union is being tested as Poland and Hungary block passage of its budget for the next seven years and an ambitious package aimed at rescuing economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP, File)

EU leaders fail to solve political fight blocking big budget

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, demonstrators protest against Poland's government's efforts to control the court system in front of the Supreme Court in Warsaw, Poland. The European Union still hasn't completely sorted out its messy post-divorce relationship with Britain — but it has already been plunged into another major crisis. This time the 27-member union is being tested as Poland and Hungary block passage of its budget for the next seven years and an ambitious package aimed at rescuing economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

EU hit by new crisis, this time over money and values

By JUSTIN SPIKE and VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Polish police criticized for using tear gas on protesters

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

EU urges Poland, Hungary to sign up to big money budget

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Venezuela's 2012 Olympic champion in fencing, Ruben Limardo Gascon, cycles with a food delivery to clients in Lodz, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Limardo Gascon needs the delivery job to support his family as he lives and trains in Poland and plans to win a medal at upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Venezuelan Olympian delivers food to support family

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI - Associated Press

Poland, Hungary veto EU budget over rule-of-law issue

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 file photo, Italy coach Roberto Mancini gestures during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Italy and Poland at Dall'Ara stadium in Bologna, Italy. Italy coach Roberto Mancini has tested positive for the coronavirus days before the international break. The Italian soccer federation says that Mancini is “completely asymptomatic” and is self-isolating at his house in Rome. The Italy squad will meet up on Sunday. It plays an international friendly against Estonia on Wednesday and hosts Poland in the Nations League four days later. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Virus-hit Italy hosts Poland without coach and star forward

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Protesters burn down bengal fire as they attend in the annual Independence Day march organized by far-right groups for participants to be inside cars or motorbikes because of the coronavirus social distancing, ready for the start of the event in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. The march that marks Poland's sovereignty regained after World War I has often led to clashes with opponents. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish far-right march leaders criticized after violence

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FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2001 file photo, U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, D.C., shakes hands with Pope John Paul II during the General Audience with the newly appointed cardinals in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. McCarrick was one of the three Americans on a record list of 44 new cardinals who were elevated in a ceremony at the Vatican on Feb. 21, 2001. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti, File)

Pope Francis vows to end sexual abuse after McCarrick report

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press