Podcast: Poland divided as right-wing populists win again (The Guardian)

Photograph: Jacek Hoły via Flickr

The re-election of Andrzej Duda as Poland’s president this week was by the narrowest of margins and has sent liberals in the country into a tailspin. Duda’s campaign pivoted away from pro-welfare messaging to one dominated by “family values” and hostility to the country’s LGBT communities. 

Having covered the election for the Guardian, I tell Today in Focus presenter Rachel Humphreys that the result now clears the way for Poland’s ruling populists in the Law and Justice party to continue their politicisation of independent institutions such as the judiciary and the media.

You can listen to the episode here.

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