Poland's New Government Sacks State Media Top Management Amid Protests

The move, fulfilling a campaign promise to reform the broadcaster, has sparked protests from the former ruling party and criticism from the President.

Poland's new government, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has removed the top management of state television, radio, and news, fulfilling a campaign promise to reform the broadcaster which was accused of functioning as a mouthpiece for the previous rightwing populist government.
The move has sparked protests from lawmakers of the former ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS), who staged a sit-in at the headquarters of the state broadcaster, TVP.
The new government has been accused of using a legal loophole that allows the Minister of Culture to act as the state treasury’s sole agent, thereby bypassing the legal process for appointing and removing boards of government bodies.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda has criticized the new government's actions, calling them 'completely illegal' and 'anarchy'.
The European Commission has unfrozen €111 billion of withheld funds as a result of Tusk returning to power, not contingent on any policy actions.