Polish parliament speaker to resign over flight scandal
09 August 2019 |
8:00 am
Speaker Marek Kuchcinski will step down on Friday after it emerged he used government planes for private trips. The scandal has consumed Polish politics and could not have come at a worse time for the ruling PiS party.
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