The coronavirus crisis and China’s very aggressive approach to shaping the narrative and capitalizing on global distraction have added to the concerns about China in Europe
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Having Duda in office again, the temptation will be huge to make use of him and his signature
The pro-Europeanism of Polish society would be put to test, the Law and Justice party will get a free way to use Europe for its internal political electoral purposes, which might be necessary, given that they might face a deteriorating economic situation
One can hardly speak of a fair competition in the election campaign
Piotr Buras and Pawel Zerka comment on Andrzej Duda's victory in the Polish presidential election
The pandemic showed that simple answers by populists are lacking credibility. At first it seemed the pandemic would blow wind in the sails of populists, but the reality turned out to be reverse
Trzaskowski stands for a more active Polish presence in the EU, more pro-European, more ambitious for climate policy and energy transformation. But in the end he bets on those voters who feel fed up with the PiS
Because of the role of state television channel TVP, we cannot say that this election is fair