Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is facing an uphill battle to win new hearts in his efforts to unseat the nationalist conservative government in Poland's upcoming parliamentary election.The exprime minister and former European Union leader returned to Polish politics...
WARSAW, Poland — Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is facing an uphill battle to win new hearts in his efforts to unseat the nationalist conservative government in Poland's upcoming parliamentary election.
They point to the good terms he was on with then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel to make unproven allegations that he represented the interests of Germany, a neighboring country that brutally occupied Poland during World War II. They also accuse him of abandoning Poland when he went to Brussels in 2014 to become European Council president, a top EU post.
One of Tusk’s greatest challenges is convincing supporters that the incumbent party can be defeated despite having consolidated huge power. The June 4 march saw a huge outpouring of solidarity because it was held after Law and Justice passed contentious legislation establishing a state commission for investigating Russian influence in Poland. The law was seen as the governing party's way of targeting Tusk and removing him from public life. Instead, it rallied support for Tusk and boosted his electoral chances.
Rafal Chwedoruk, a political scientist with the University of Warsaw, says Tusk's coalition, the Left and the Third Way together seem poised to get a majority of the votes, judging by opinion polls. But they haven't worked out a joint electoral strategy.Tusk is a charismatic leader with long political experience at home and internationally.
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