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FILE - Poland's President Andrzej Duda talks for the media during a quality league with North Macedonia's President Stevo Pendarovski astatine the statesmanlike bureau successful Skopje, North Macedonia, connected Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Polands president connected Monday, Dec. 27, 2021 says helium has decided to veto a media measure that would person forced U.S. institution Discovery to springiness up controlling stock successful TVN, a Polish TV network. President Andrzej Duda noted that the measure was unpopular with galore Poles and would person dealt a stroke to Poland's estimation arsenic a spot to bash business. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, File)

WARSAW – Poland’s president connected Monday said helium has decided to veto a media measure that would person forced U.S. institution Discovery to springiness up its controlling stock successful TVN, a Polish TV network.

President Andrzej Duda noted that the measure was unpopular with galore Poles and would person dealt a stroke to Poland’s estimation arsenic a spot to bash business.

The bill, precocious passed by the little location of parliament, would person prevented immoderate non-European entity from owning much than a 49% involvement successful tv oregon vigor broadcasters successful Poland.

Its applicable effect would person targeted lone 1 existing company, Discovery Inc., forcing the U.S. proprietor of Poland’s largest backstage tv network, TVN, to merchantability the bulk oregon adjacent each of its Polish holdings.

Many Poles saw the bill, pushed by the ruling Law and Justice enactment that Duda is aligned with, arsenic an effort to soundlessness a broadcaster that broadcasts autarkic and often captious reporting of the authorities.

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Mass nationwide protests were precocious held successful enactment of the presumption and of state of code much broadly.

Discovery had threatened to writer Poland successful an planetary arbitration court.

Duda said helium agreed successful rule that countries should bounds overseas ownership successful media companies, saying galore different antiauthoritarian countries — including the United States, France and Germany — person specified legislation.

But helium besides said that successful this case, the instrumentality would person wounded a concern already operating legally successful Poland.

He noted that signing the measure into instrumentality would person outgo the federation billions of dollars, and said helium shared the presumption of galore of his countrypeople that this measure was not indispensable close now.

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