Our panel considers what the populist ruling party’s apparent defeat could mean for democracy and Poland’s place in Europe
Jakub Jaraczewski: Restoring the rule of law won’t be easy, but this is the first stepin an unfair election that stacked the odds in its favour, but it is unlikely to be able to form a government, either alone or in coalition with the far-right Konfederacja party.They agree on some issues: Poland’s place in the EU, restoring the rule of law, support for Ukraine and defence against Russia.
The biggest obstacle to any reform will be Duda, whose second and last term continues until 2025. He wields the power of legislative veto over legislation passed by parliament. Parliament can defeat such a veto, but the current opposition will lack the votes needed to do so. Tusk and his allies will have to either negotiate with Duda or hold off any significant reforms until the next presidential election.. Both have been packed with PiS loyalists.
The Polish president, Andrzej Duda , suggested for example during the election campaign that LGBTQ+ people were not really people butenabled by a judgment of the constitutional tribunal in 2020 brought hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets, rallying under the banner of the.
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