10 February — Several TV channels, radio stations, and web portals went off air in protest of a tax on advertising revenue proposed by the Ministry of Finance.[5]
14 April — The Constitutional Tribunal ruled paragraph 3 of Article 6 of the Act on the Commissioner for Human Rights, which allowed the Commissioner to remain in office until another one takes up the position, to be unconstitutional. The Tribunal decided that the current Commissioner, Adam Bodnar, who had remained in office as the Sejm and the Senate could not decide on a successor, had to vacate his post in three months' time.[7][8]
May
28 May — The conservative university Collegium Intermarium is inaugurated by Ordo Iuris, an ultra-conservative Polish think tank known for its anti-LGBT activism and opposition to abortion[9][10][11]
June
13 June — The city of Rzeszow holds a special election for the vacated office of President (Mayor) of the city. Konrad Fijołek, the joint candidate of the liberal-left opposition parties (KO, P2050, L, KP), is elected with 56% of the vote, behind by three right-wing candidates (supported by PiS, SP-P-K15, and Confederation respectively).
27 June — Poland enacts a law setting a 30-year time limit on appealing administrative decisions made by special administrative bodies, effectively meaning that owners of property seized in the communist era can no longer receive compensation. The law sparked a diplomatic incident with Israel.[12][13][14] Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid described as the bill as "immoral and a disgrace." Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said "I can only say that as long as I am the prime minister, Poland will not pay for German crimes: Neither zloty, nor euro, nor dollar."[15]
July
14 July — The Constitutional Tribunal rules that any interim measures from the top European court against Poland's judicial reforms were "not in line" with the Polish constitution. the Polish justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, said the constitutional court’s decision was "against interference, usurpation and legal aggression by organs of the European Union".[16][17][18]
August
12 August - Polish members of parliament pass controversial media bill which restricts foreign ownership of media broadcasts.[19]
14 August - Poland’s President Andrzej Duda signed the restitution law. In response, Israel recalled its envoy from Poland and told the Polish ambassador not to return.[20][21] Nevertheless, Poland returned its envoy to Israel in July 2022 as a sign of rapprochement in bilateral relations.[22]
October 7 — The Constitutional Tribunal rules that some articles in EU treaties are "incompatible" with its national legislation and unconstitutional. it also ruled that Poland’s constitution takes precedence over some EU laws.[23][24][25]
December
18 December – Polish members of parliament finally pass a controversial media bill which restricts foreign ownership of media broadcasts. This time it must next be signed by Polish President Andrzej Duda to go into effect.[26][27][28][29][30]
24 December – PiS party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński publicly opposes the German goal of a federal Europe expressed by the oncoming Scholz cabinet's coalition agreement (entitled "Mehr Fortschritt wagen"), saying Germany seeks to create a "Fourth Reich", which "we shall not allow".[33]
