Is Poland’s Law and Justice government losing momentum?

Although plunged immediately into a constitutional crisis that brought it into conflict with the European Commission, one year after its decisive parliamentary election victory in October 2015 Poland’s right-wing ruling party retains widespread support, in spite of coming again under fire over appointments to state-run companies and the abortion issue. Aleks Szczerbiak argues that the government’s fate will ultimately depend upon its ability to deliver on the socio-economic policy promises that were the key to its electoral success.

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ESO: Background information: Polish parliamentary election, 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/polish-parliamentary-election-2015/

ESO: Background information: Poland will reject ‘incompatible’ EU demands: PM http://www.europeansources.info/record/poland-will-reject-incompatible-eu-demands-pm/

ESO: Background information: The battle over abortion rights in Poland is not over http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-battle-over-abortion-rights-in-poland-is-not-over/

Spiegel Online International, 08.12.16: Angry Majority. Poland after a Year of Populist Rule http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/poland-and-the-eu-in-the-age-of-national-conservatism-a-1124850.html

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