Warmer EU and Kyiv relations along with a focus on the rule of law, women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights could ensue if polls are accurate
turn out to be accurate, Poland is heading for a new government run by Donald Tusk. The change, after eight years of populist rule by the Law and Justice party, would be a remarkable political reversal. A potential Tusk government may be restricted in its legislative manoeuvres by the veto of PiS-aligned president, Andrzej Duda, in office until 2025, but would nonetheless radically change Poland’s domestic and foreign policy landscape.
However, Buras noted that there would be a strong and probably vocal rightwing opposition in the provisional new parliament, meaning “European policymaking will be the subject of a polarised political debate which will limit the government’s room for manoeuvre”.Judge Mariusz Czajka holds a statue of Themis during a September protest in front of a court in Kraków in support of judicial independence in Poland.
The new government would also need to decide to what extent it wants to prioritise potential criminal cases for abuses of power during the PiS years.Members of the public listen to Donald Tusk delivering a speech during a Women for Elections campaign rally on 10 October in Lodz.Throughout the campaign, Tusk has been unequivocal about his support for relaxing the draconian abortion restrictions introduced by PiS.
Nevertheless, asked on Sunday night what a new government would mean for Polish women, Civic Coalition MP Barbara Nowacka said: “Safety. Finally, safety. Young women won’t be afraid to get pregnant, young women won’t be afraid to go to the doctor.”Under PiS, hate speech against LGBTQ+ people has been tolerated and even encouraged. Although it did not feature heavily in the current campaign, the PiS-aligned Duda fought his 2020 presidential campaign, which he called more dangerous than communism.
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