Critics say in lending a hand to the Nov. It has also become a point of friction between the liberal opposition on one side and the PiS government and far-right organisers on the other, as critics accuse PiS of fomenting anti-migrant sentiment and homophobia.
A PiS spokeswoman declined to comment on whether PiS is endorsing the march and directed questions to a veterans' agency that made the formal announcement. Organizers vowed the march would be held in honour of uniformed officers acting as "protectors of the border", and would highlight the importance of protecting Poland's sovereignty against intruders.
In an escalation of a border crisis that threatens to draw in Russia and NATO, the European Union accused Belarus on Wednesday of mounting a "hybrid attack" by forcing people into Poland, paving the way for new sanctions against Minsk. A PiS spokeswoman declined to comment on whether the party is endorsing the march and directed questions to the organising veterans' agency.. Organisers vowed the march would be held in honour of uniformed officers acting as "protectors of the border", and would highlight the importance of protecting Poland's sovereignty against intruders.
The EU accused Belarus on Wednesday of mounting a "hybrid attack" by forcing people into Poland, paving the way for new sanctions against Minsk. Migrants stranded inside Belarus threw rocks and branches at Polish border guards and used logs to try to break down a razor wire fence overnight in new attempts to force their way into the EU, said Polish authorities on Thursday. The migrants, mostly from Iraq and South Asia, were welcomed to Belarus, where officials transported them to the border. Belarus security officials have prevented migrants from returning to Minsk and back to their homes, according to activist groups.
Neighbouring EU state Lithuania, which like Poland has imposed a state of emergency on the border, also reported new attempts to breach the frontier. In a joint statement on Thursday, the defence ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said they saw the crisis as "very alarming, and unequivocally condemn the deliberate escalation of the ongoing hybrid attack by the Belarusian regime, which is posing serious threats to European security.
Poland also faces its worst conflict with the EU in years over accusations that it is subverting the rule of law. Representatives of other European far-right groups, including the Hungarian Our Homeland Party Mi Hazank , were expected to take part in the march. Trzaskowski has stated that Warsaw is "no place to propagate slogans that have all the hallmarks of fascist slogans". But Konstanty Radziwill, the conservative governor of the region, had earlier approved the Independence Day march.
Organisers of the rally pledged to appeal the ruling and had insisted the march would go ahead as planned. Security forces in Poland have been mobilised in the capital and other cities in preparation for the rallies.
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