The opposition should be able to use the crisis against the center-right ruling government, but they are failing at showing they have any solution that Poles would trust, writes Patryk Osowski
The party elections have shown that Poland’s largest opposition party is dwindling
The first round of elections for the leader of Civic Platform will take place on Jan. 25
Tectonic shifts in Polish politics.
Donald Tusk enters the presidential race game.
Happiness at stopping PiS Senate majority will be brief
The Civic Platform (PO), Poland’s main liberal opposition party is veering to the extreme left. Its already saying that it backs gay marriage. This shift is coming about as the party becomes increasingly aware that it cannot compete with the United Right led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, writes Wojciech Mucha.
Politicians of the liberal left want to build their political capital on attacking the Catholic Church, writes Dorota Kania for niezalezna.pl.
100th anniversary Donald Tusk Grzegorz Schetyna Independence March Jarosław Kaczyński Poland Commentary The 11th of November was an important, beautiful and good day for Poland, writes Michał Karnowski. The Sieci weekly journalist declares that Poland’s Independence Anniversary was a “knock out victory over evil people”.
There is nationwide condemnation of Nazi style attacks on PiS by PO politicians. Grzegorz Schetyna, PO leader called PiS voters “locusts” and another PO politician posted a Goebbels-like poster on Twitter.
“There were no bigger liars in the history of the Third Polish Republic than Civic Platform (PO) politicians,” says Law and Justice (PiS) spokeswoman Beata Mazurek in defense of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Grzegorz Schetyna unveils the new program of the Civic Coalition (KO) and is moving the opposition further to the political Left. Michał Kolanko analyzes the newest developments in Poland’s opposition camp as well as reactions to them.
Blogger Dominik Ognisty warns of Civic Platform (PO) election promises. He says that they are never fulfilled and that all PO has to offer is hatred towards Law and Justice (PiS).
