Poland is trying to restore the rule of law without violating it
Donald Tusk seeks to undo a hard-right party’s capture of the state
SINCE DECEMBER Kalina Ostrowska has been coming home from school and doing something that would shock most parents of 16-year-olds: she turns on the television and watches the Sejm, Poland’s parliament. Lots of her friends are watching, too. Young Poles have become strangely interested in politics. In the election last October turnout among those under 30, who normally vote at low rates, reached 69%, not far below the overall figure of 74%. They overwhelmingly backed the opposition, helping Donald Tusk and his centrist Civic Coalition (KO) to beat the hard-right Law and Justice (PiS) party that had run Poland for eight years.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The return of law”
Europe February 10th 2024
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