Poland to push ahead with limits on foreign media ownership, sources say


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  • Friday, 07 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks in Warsaw, Poland, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is ready to craft rules to reduce foreign ownership of media outlets such as newspapers and TV channels, while making further changes to the judiciary, Poland's de facto leader has signaled, raising the prospect of fresh battles with the EU.

The leader of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party Jaroslaw Kaczynski made the comments at a strategy meeting on Thursday in Jachranka, a tourist spot outside Warsaw, two sources in attendance and one with knowledge of the meeting told Reuters.

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