When Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition conducted its election campaign last year, it promoted the slogan of “Smiling Poland,” with corresponding brand accents of smiles and hearts. It implied that Poland had receded into darkness under the conservative Law…
The new government of Poland ran an election campaign touting the “rule of law” and antidotes to “democratic backsliding.” It was enough to win — or, at least, not to lose. As no major parliamentary ally was willing to help…
Circumstances are dire in Poland under the rule of the conservative Law & Justice (PiS) party, if you’re to believe recent media coverage. In the Los Angeles Times, journalist and author Kati Marton warns, “When Poles go to vote this…
This has been a light year for major elections in the West, but Poland currently offers more than its share of political theater. The country will hold parliamentary elections on Oct. 15. At stake is the direction of a country…
“Even by today’s low standards, this is shockingly delusional,” I thought after reading Kati Marton’s diatribe against the current Polish and Hungarian governments in the Los Angeles Times last week. Most such pieces are relatively standard and don’t warrant a…
In a recent Economist article examining whether Ukrainian refugees will stay in Poland, the author grumbles: “Literature classes deal overwhelmingly with Polish writers. History classes concentrate on Poland’s struggles with Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary.… Ukraine, a nation that long lacked…
