
Cash-For-Visas Scandal Rocks Polish Government
Weeks before the election, EU and Warsaw’s liberal opposition seek to embarrass ruling Law and Justice party on migration.
Weeks before the election, EU and Warsaw’s liberal opposition seek to embarrass ruling Law and Justice party on migration.
Journalist and former PM claim Ukraine offered EU-membership in exchange for toppling PiS.
MP Dominik Tarczyński attributes Lampedusa crisis to the “reckless policies of the European Union.”
The television campaign ad used AI to fake PM Mateusz Morawiecki’s voice.
“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.
Opposition parties are boycotting the referendum, claiming it is an attempt by ruling PiS to drum up support at the ballot box by attacking the EU’s controversial migration deal.
Morawiecki blasted Manfred Weber for subverting Polish democracy over recent EU rule of law debates.
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.