Poland's right-wing government won a narrow victory to pass a bill that could lead to Discovery losing its license for Polish broadcaster TVN.
The fight over the bill caused a schism in Poland’s three-party government coalition. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, head of the leading Law and Justice party, fired Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Gowin, of the smaller Agreement party, after Gowin criticized the media bill. Agreement left the government, leaving Morawiecki without a majority in the Polish parliament.
The bill passed the lower house on Wednesday on a vote of 228 to 216, with 10 abstentions. To become law, it still has to be passed by the Senate, which is controlled by the opposition. If they reject it, as is expected, the bill will go back to the lower house where it will need an absolute majority to pass and be signed by Poland’s President Andrzej Duda.
In a statement, Discovery said it was “extremely concerned about the result of the vote” but that it remains “resolute in its defense of the rights of the Polish people and the TVN business.
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