SW Research recently asked Poles if they thought a PiS-Confederation coalition was possible, with 31 percent of respondents saying it was.
A rather large percentage, 42.2 percent, of respondents have no opinion on the matter, and 26.8 percent answered that such a coalition was not a possibility.
The survey, commissioned by “Wprost,” involved 846 interviews with a representative sample of Poles over 18 years of age in terms of gender, age, and town size, according to Do Rzeczy.
PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński presented the “Polish Declaration” at the end of July and indicated that the proposal was addressed primarily to the Confederation.
In response, Confederation co-chair Sławomir Mentzen published a video on YouTube in which he called the PiS leader a “political gangster.”
“I have no reason to trust this man or to pursue a coalition with him at all costs. If this coalition ends in him destroying us politically, (…) then what’s the point of forming such a coalition? Actually, none,” he said at the time.
Tensions between Law and Justice and the Confederation party have been rising ever since, particularly with Mentzen’s faction, the New Hope party.
Kaczyński has openly criticized the Confederation during meetings with his supporters, with Mentzen happily returning the favor, Do Rzezcy reminds readers.
In a recent Social Changes poll for wPolsce24, PiS received 29 percent support, and PM Tusk’s Civic Coalition (KO) came in second with 26 percent. Confederation, meanwhile, received 9 percent, followed by Nowa Lewica, PSL, and Confederation of the Crown of Poland, with 6 percent each.
Szymon Hołownia’s Polska 2050 (4 percent) and the Razem party (2 percent) would be outside the Sejm. As many as 12 percent of respondents did not select any party, and 1 percent chose other formations.
