The Poles have decided to turn away from the PiS party-state, with opposition leader Donald Tusk set to form a government
Donald Tusk, former president of the European Union and leader of the Civic Coalition, during an election night rally in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday. Poland’s opposition - comprising three parties - is on course for a majority after Sunday’s election, an upset that would deny the ruling nationalists a third term and see the country re-engage with the European Union. Sunday’s general election in Poland seems to have delivered a clear result.
The long and bitter campaign seemed to pitch two Polands against one another, one urban and liberal, the other rural and conservative. Poland, the EU’s sixth largest economy, has performed well economically over recent years, though some parts of the country have lagged behind. PiS has compensated for this wealth gap with generous subsidies targeted at rural communities. Its supporters say it is the only party that cares about the poor; its opponents say it buys votes.
In the face of growing concerns about inflation and the withholding of post-Covid EU grants of ¤35.
Sunday’s election was a vital one for Poland, but also for Europe. Over two terms, PiS has gradually eroded the substance of democracy, dominating state media, packing the legal and administrative apparatus with its supporters and moving towards an authoritarian mode of government. With three opposition parties now in sight of power, it seems the Poles have decided to turn away from the PiS party-state. With a record turnout of 73 per cent, they have chosen the democratic route.
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