Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice party is splitting into factions, but Moscow shouldn’t expect an olive branch any time soon
The end of July has brought significant changes to Polish domestic politics: the country’s main right-wing opposition force, Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s Law and Justice (PiS) party, has officially split.
More than 30 members of the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) were demonstratively expelled from the party. This marked the end of a long-standing, latent standoff between the longtime party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and the moderate wing of former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Kaczynski issued a harsh ultimatum of loyalty to his allies, and Morawiecki responded by creating his...
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