The Polish Parliament Rejected the President's Bill on Assistance to Ukrainians

• The Polish Parliament rejected the President's bill on assistance to Ukrainians.
• The bill provided for increased penalties for the propaganda of OUN-UPA.
• The rejection of the initiative left the existing government provisions intact.

This is reported by RBC Ukraine, Interfax Ukraine.

The Polish Parliament rejected the bill of President Karol Nawrocki, which aimed to strengthen penalties for the propaganda of the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN-UPA) and introduce amendments to the legislation on assistance to Ukrainian citizens.

During the vote on November 7, 2025, 244 deputies supported the rejection of the bill, 198 voted against, and three abstained.

The bill submitted by the president provided for the expansion of the legal residence of Ukrainians in Poland and included new initiatives that were not in the government version of the law. They included:

• Amendments to the Criminal Code: penalties for illegal crossing of the border increased to five years of deprivation of liberty, and for the organization of illegal crossings — up to twelve years.
• Penalties for the propaganda activities of OUN-UPA: the bill equated this propaganda with Nazism, communism, or fascism, with a possible sentence of up to three years.
• Amendments for the Institute of National Memory: the bill required documentation of crimes committed against Polish citizens by members of OUN-UPA and cooperation with the Nazi Germany.
• Amendment to the law on citizenship of Poland: the minimum term for permanent residence for obtaining citizenship increased from three to ten years.

The rejection of the president's bill left the existing government provisions on assistance to Ukrainian citizens and the systems of legal residence for foreigners in Poland intact.

Earlier today, the Polish parliament completed the approval of the rules for the residence of Ukrainian citizens in the country.

Poland is also launching a pilot program for general preparatory training under the name wReady, under which all interested citizens can take unified courses from November 22 to December 14.

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