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The French-German TV liberal arts network [[Arte|ARTE]] cancelled a 15-year cooperation with TVP,<ref>[http://archives.arte.tv/arteinfo/dtext/general/partner.html arte.tv.] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120708200929/http://archives.arte.tv/arteinfo/dtext/general/partner.html |date=2012-07-08 }}</ref> when it learned in February 2009 that TVP's general director, [[Piotr Farfał]], was a member of the [[League of Polish Families]], which opposed Arte’s "philosophy based on intercultural exchange"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0319/1224243069179.html|title=Libertas to cut links with controversial Polish political party|date=19 March 2009|work=The Irish Times|accessdate=12 July 2015}}</ref> and "the party that TVP's chairman is presently connected with does not share European values".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002825.html?categoryId=2523&cs=1|title=Dual peril for Poland’s top pubcaster|author=Nick Holdsworth|work=Variety|accessdate=12 July 2015}}</ref> It was again cancelled in January 2016 after an amendment of the media law in Poland, which caused fears of a lack of pluralism and independence of TVP.<ref>[http://www.rp.pl/Kraj/160129194-Francuska-TV-ARTE-zrywa-wspolprace-z-TVP.html Francuska TV ARTE zrywa współpracę z TVP] {{pl icon}}</ref>