Rightwing populist triumphed in presidential election by promising to give countryside back its dignity
When Andrzej Duda emerged on Sunday evening after narrowly securing re-election as Poland’s president, he did not address supporters outside the presidential palace in Warsaw, nor did he pick another location in the capital.
Instead, he spoke in Pułtusk, a pretty but dilapidated town of 19,000 people about 40 miles north of Warsaw, where hundreds of supporters waved Polish flags and chanted his name.
Continue reading…Rightwing populist triumphed in presidential election by promising to give countryside back its dignityWhen Andrzej Duda emerged on Sunday evening after narrowly securing re-election as Poland’s president, he did not address supporters outside the presidential palace in Warsaw, nor did he pick another location in the capital.Instead, he spoke in Pułtusk, a pretty but dilapidated town of 19,000 people about 40 miles north of Warsaw, where hundreds of supporters waved Polish flags and chanted his name. Continue reading…