It has been one month since Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government took office in Poland, focusing on rebuilding Polish democracy after eight years of what has been described as autocratic rule under Jaroslaw Kaczynski's Law and Justice (PiS) party. The PiS has been accused of corrupt misrule and undermining the rule of law, particularly affecting women, LGBT people, and migrants. The new government's shift away from right-wing populism is seen as a move to redemocratize the country, but the task of revitalizing democratic institutions is challenging. Adam Michnik, editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, in an interview with historian Irena Grudzińska Gross, warned that a program of hardline market liberalism could lead to electoral defeat for Poland's new post-populist government.
Since its general election in October, Poland has moved decisively away from right-wing populism. But reinvigorating democratic institutions will not be a simple task, says @gazeta_wyborcza EIC Adam Michnik in an interview by Irena Grudzińska Gross. https://t.co/533xA9VE9H https://t.co/u76pKAGzfk
Many in Poland's new post-populist government now understand that a program of hardline market liberalism is a sure route to electoral defeat, notes @gazeta_wyborcza EIC Adam Michnik in an interview with historian Irena Grudzińska Gross. https://t.co/CKgPIRpaey https://t.co/wgizF80NNz
🇵🇱🚨‼️ Poland is not a democracy? This globalists are using the word “democracy” for “power” recently. https://t.co/xd8gUh4Wr6
The Polish people tasted autocratic rule under the misnamed Law and Justice Party and want nothing of it (which undermined the rule of law and promoted injustice for women, LGBT people & migrants). They are in the process of redemocratizing their country. https://t.co/ORTWDcfzg4
It has been a month since Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government took office, and the task now is to rebuild Polish democracy after eight years of corrupt misrule under Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s Law and Justice (PiS) party. https://t.co/2GxdpHMHoP