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.
Despite the Polish government’s great support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, Poles seem to be becoming fatigued, fueling support for the populist Confederation party who are critical of the government’s spending on refugees.
“I could never complain about those who defend their national interests,” Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said in Warsaw, signaling support for Poland and Hungary’s sovereigntist position after vetoing the Migration Pact last week.
Liberal opposition leader Donald Tusk took to denouncing Islamic immigration in the aftermath of this week’s turmoil in France while Poland’s PiS used the carnage as political ammunition during EU asylum talks.
Illegal migrants are getting bolder and more aggressive at the border, but Polish authorities also brace for possible destabilization attempts coming from the 8,000 Wagner fighters relocated in the neighboring Belarus.
