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Brussels - 18 January 2016
++PRO-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION++
1. Placard with picture of Polish President Andrzej Duda on it at demonstration against the European Commission attended by Polish government supporters
2. Pro-government protester holding flowers in support of President Duda
3. Banner at pro-government demonstration reading (Polish and English) "Welcome, we support the changes in Poland", UPSOUND: protesters chanting
4. Pro-government rally, UPSOUND: demonstrator speaking on megaphone
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Kristof Skotniki, Polish government supporter:
"It is grotesque, what is happening on behalf of the European Union (EU) towards Poland. They want to smash democracy. According to us, what is happening in Poland is a completely democratic process and the leadership of the European Union wants to question Poland's sovereign choice."
6. Pro-government protester playing the accordion, UPSOUND: accordion and protesters singing
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Ugolnik, Polish government supporter:
"I think that we...we have to keep our tradition and also to...to be patriotic and to show for the...for the President that we support him."
8. Pro-government protest in front of the European Commission building
9. Wide of the pro-government demo, UPSOUND: protesters chanting
++ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION++
10. Banner at anti-Polish government protest reading (English) "Democracy in Poland is doing fine", UPSOUND: protesters chanting
11. Various of anti-government protesters holding signs reading (English) "Free media, free minds" and "Say no to the decline of democracy in Poland", UPSOUND: protesters chanting
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcin Miczelsky, Anti-Polish government protester:
"He (Duda) promised that he will be above that. He promised that after winning the election he will no more be a part of the political party of the Law and Justice and he will be above that political division. Now unfortunately he's not doing that."
13. Anti-government protesters, UPSOUND protesters chanting (English): "Yes to Europe, yes to democracy"
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcin Miczelsky, Anti-Polish government protester:
"The people who protest there they do not see any faults of the government and of the President. They, they think that anything they do has to be right despite all the signs, despite the reactions from Europe, from the world, despite right now our credit rating dropping, despite the Commission looking into Poland for the first time, they think everything is fine. And we want to remind them and we want to remind the people in Poland and most of all the government that it is not fine, that they need to stop and think if what they are doing is really for the good of Poland or just for the good of their party and their leader."
15. Anti-government protest, UPSOUND: protesters singing
STORYLINE:
Rival demonstrations supporting and opposing the Polish government took place on Monday in Brussels, ahead of a visit of Polish President Andrzej Duda to the Council of the European Union.
The pro-government rally was critical of actions taken by the European Commission against Poland in the wake of constitutional changes and new media laws, calling them an attack on the country's sovereignty.
The anti-government rally called on the new President to stand above party politics and be a leader for all Poles.
The EU on Wednesday decided to carry out a preliminary assessment of new Polish laws affecting the country's constitutional court and state media.
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