How will Poland’s Law and Justice party govern?

Poland’s new right-wing government has prioritised implementation of the expensive social spending pledges that were critical to its election victory in October 2015. However, its determination to radically reform the Polish state has drawn accusations of authoritarianism from the opposition while the new prime minister has yet to stamp her authority on the administration. Aleks Szczerbiak analyses the new government.

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