Poland Enters a Period of Political Turbulence: Morawiecki Leaves PiS but Vows to Return
Poland has entered one of its most significant political crises in the past quarter-century. A sizeable liberal wing has broken away from Jarosław Kaczyński's conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party to chart an independent political course. The breakaway group is led by former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and several dozen of his closest allies. Last Friday, Kaczyński announced that members of Development Plus, the organization Morawiecki founded last year, would have to leave PiS.
The split within Poland's conservative camp is set to ignite a fierce battle for voters ahead of next year's parliamentary elections. Ukrinform examines what these developments mean for Poland's domestic politics and how they could affect Ukrainian-Polish relations.
"I BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS WORLD, AND I CAN TAKE YOU OUT"
This famous line from Nikolai Gogol's Taras Bulba aptly captures the circumstances surrounding Morawiecki's expulsion from PiS. Unlike Gogol's Andriy, however, the former Polish prime minister's acrimonious split from Poland's largest conservative party does not signal the end of his political career. On the contrary, it frees him from the constraints of party discipline and opens up broader political opportunities, albeit with an uncertain destination.
