Polish Elections: Hundreds of Thousands Pack Warsaw in Support for EU-Aligned Donald Tusk – Opposition Leader to Usher in European Policies Like Abortion and LGBT Rights
The final stretch of the closely fought and vicious Polish campaign has brought the issues at play to the forefront, just two weeks before a crucial election that will have serious implications for Poland and its role in Europe.
On Sunday (1), hundreds of thousands of people crowded central Warsaw at a rally organized by opposition leader Donald Tusk, former prime minister between 2007 and 2014 who later became president of the European Council.
Tusk had called on supporters to put on a show of strength in Warsaw and galvanize the opposition. Victory, he claimed, was in sight, in what he has claimed is ‘the last chance to save Polish democracy’.
What does he mean by that?