Poland’s PiS Defiant as Progressives Claim Victory
PiS MEP blames decline in voter support on overly generous backing of Ukraine in the midst of grain crisis.
PiS MEP blames decline in voter support on overly generous backing of Ukraine in the midst of grain crisis.
As Law and Justice fights tooth and nail against a Europhile challenge, a new fusionary force is brewing on the Polish Right.
“We don’t want Lampedusa here,” a large banner at the game of Warsaw’s largest football club said over the weekend.
It’s coming down to the wire in Poland as polls indicate a post-election battle over coalition partners.
MP Dominik Tarczyński attributes Lampedusa crisis to the “reckless policies of the European Union.”
“The compulsory relocation of refugees is extremely unpopular in Poland … you could even say that the European Union has given Law and Justice a political boost.”
Some opinion polls suggest only 2-3 percentage points separate the right-wing government parties from the centrist-liberal opposition.
Polls suggest the ruling PiS will struggle to stitch together a parliamentary majority without the rightist, Ukraine-critical Confederation (Konfederacja).
With a new opinion poll showing PIS at just 5% among first-time voters, the governing party is totally outflanked by both the left and populist right among younger age cohorts.
Ahead of an October election, PiS is facing a right-wing insurgency over its diehard support of Ukraine, as party officials authorised their candidates to make critical statements about the Ukrainian government.
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