Media mentions – Poland
Timothy Garton Ash on the outcome of the Polish elections and the voters’ dissatisfaction with PiS
In the short run the main problem for the Tusk [coalition] government won’t be its internal cohesion — or lack thereof — but the fact that PiS will still be in control of key state institutions
These elections are the result of a growing societal dissatisfaction towards the PiS government due to its incompetence, economic deterioration, and high inflation
If Tusk succeeds in founding a government, then he needs to keep the weighty coalition in balance and give Poland a new image in Europe
For one thing, the emotionality, the polarisation in this election campaign was insanely high. And there was a conviction on both sides that this was the most important election since 1989