Polish conservatives split ahead of 2027 election
News Politics Polish conservatives split ahead of 2027 election The rupture of the once dominant Law and Justice party undermines the conservative camp’s push to topple Prime Minister Donald Tusk next year. After the victory of conservative Karol Nawrocki in the presidential election of May 2025, PiS hoped it would build momentum toward a return to government in 2027. That prospect raised alarm in Brussels given PiS’s long track record of confrontation with the EU over issues such as the rule of law and LGBTQ+ rights.
- ▪News Politics Polish conservatives split ahead of 2027 election The rupture of the once dominant Law and Justice party undermines the conservative camp’s push to topple Prime Minister Donald Tusk next year.
- ▪After the victory of conservative Karol Nawrocki in the presidential election of May 2025, PiS hoped it would build momentum toward a return to government in 2027.
- ▪That prospect raised alarm in Brussels given PiS’s long track record of confrontation with the EU over issues such as the rule of law and LGBTQ+ rights.
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News Politics Polish conservatives split ahead of 2027 election The rupture of the once dominant Law and Justice party undermines the conservative camp’s push to topple Prime Minister Donald Tusk next year. Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn July 24, 2026 2:11 pm CET By Wojciech Kość WARSAW — The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party that ruled Poland from 2015 to 2023 split on Friday in a political rupture that undermines the conservative camp’s attempts to topple pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk in an election next year. After the victory of conservative Karol Nawrocki in the presidential election of May 2025, PiS hoped it would build momentum toward a return to government in 2027.
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