postponement

BY Detmar Doering AND Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom / April 3, 2020

The restructuring of the state in a latently authoritarian direction is being pushed even further. The government’s worrying trend is particularly evident in the way it is trying to instrumentalize the COVID-19 crisis for the upcoming presidential elections on May 10.

Politics

May Presidential Election in Poland as Planned?

BY Maria Slominska-Fabis AND Projekt Polska / March 31, 2020

Amid the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland shows no intention of postponing the presidential elections scheduled for May 10. The outcome is likely to be deemed illegitimate. Will this be the last straw for Polish democracy?