It will also be hard to convince the rest of Europe that the rights of minorities can be respected in Poland, or that Warsaw is a trustworthy partner
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Poland has been out of the EU mainstream for the last 5 years under the rule of the Law and Justice Party. Poland witnessed the collapse of the rule of law system. My worry is that this will continue
The only way to make peace with a bloody history is through exceptionalism—reckoning with what is exceptional in your own country’s story, and finding, too, a distinct and homegrown way to face up to the truth and its consequences
[A second term can allow the government to] dismantle the country’s already damaged system of checks and balances – in a similar way that already happened in Hungary
Piotr Buras and Pawel Zerka comment on Andrzej Duda's victory in the Polish presidential election
.But EU partners will not be able to rely on Poland in such an endeavor, because the Polish government will have stronger links to Washington under Trump than the EU
[Duda’s win] does not simply mean the maintenance of the status quo: it will lead to further deterioration of the rule of law in Poland
Piotr Buras and Pawel Zerka comment on Duda's victory in the Polish presidential election and what it means for the rule of law in Poland
It shows that [Polish] democracy is vibrant. But it’s also bad news, because it shows to what extent the society is really divided into tribes or camps. It is neatly divided in half