Kaczyński’s PiS Crisis Reveals the Trap Awaiting Orbán and Fidesz
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ussanews.comKaczyński’s PiS Crisis Reveals the Trap Awaiting Orbán and Fidesz
Poland’s long-time national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) is witnessing its most serious internal conflict in recent years after leader Jarosław Kaczyński gave members of former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s Development Plus association an ultimatum: abandon the platform or be forced out of PiS. More than 30 PiS MPs refused to submit the declaration demanded by the leadership before Thursday night’s deadline. Members of Morawiecki’s g…
On Tuesday, July 28th, the Law and Justice Political Committee will meet to officially approve the removal from the lists of all politicians who failed to comply with Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński's ultimatum and resign from Mateusz Morawiecki's Rozwój Plus association. The former prime minister's entourage will likely establish a new parliamentary group that same day. Host of "Gość Moranka," Mariusz Piekarski, asked MP Joanna Mucha for her commen…
In Poland, the conservative and Eurosceptic Party of Law and Justice (PiS) is plagued by an internal conflict on its political line. This internal struggle opposes the supporters of the traditional, national-popularist line of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the supporters of former Prime Minister Mateuz Morawiecki who want to attract a more centrist, young and urban electorate on a more liberal line in economic matters. These polemics reveal a tension that…
The conflict within Law and Justice has been escalating since last fall, Ryszard Terlecki wrote in Kurier Krakowski. A longtime close associate of the PiS leader, currently associated with Mateusz Morawiecki's "Rozwój Plus" association, was among the PiS MPs who did not sign the so-called "loyalty agreement." Now he has revealed how the party fell apart.
MP Grzegorz Lorek changed his mind and resigned from the "Rozwój Plus Wy" association after the ultimatum expired. His move was announced by a PiS spokesman.
The Law and Justice leader said on Friday that "it's all over." Meanwhile, the split – which Mateusz Morawiecki's politicians refuse to call a split – is entering a new phase: in the Sejm and in the regions. Only then will it be possible to fully assess its scale.
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