The Polish opposition party PiS has split following months of conflict between party leader Jarosław Kaczyński and former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The break-up came after Morawiecki and his supporters rejected an ultimatum to pledge loyalty to the party leadership, resulting in more than 30 MPs leaving the party. The backdrop is disagreements over the party’s direction in the run-up to the general election in 2027. Is Tusk losing his opponent?JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. This could have far-reaching political implications, observes Interia: The collapse of the PiS party – regardless of the form it takes or the explanations offered by the leaders of both factions today – will have far-reaching consequences for Poland’s political landscape. Not only on the right. If Jarosław Kaczyński’s party shrinks to the size of numerous other parties, with around 10 percent of the vote, Donald Tusk will lose his polarizing opponent, which could take the wind out of his sails and force him to change his strategy. The face of fatal reforms For Gazeta Wyborcza, Morawiecki is totally untrustworthy: Mateusz Morawiecki is casting himself as a political martyr, a man who wanted to reform PiS but was prevented from doing so by the wicked Kaczyński and his conspirators. ... But Morawiecki’s problem is his credibility. The former prime minister was the face of the PiS’s most shameful projects: the dismantling of the legal system, the politicization of public broadcasters, and the dispute with the European Union, as well as the vilification of women and sexual minorities. Morawiecki is also the face of the disastrous tax reform and the destruction of the healthcare system and higher education.