Polish government plays anti-EU, anti-German card ahead of polls

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WARSAW: Poland's populist, nationalist government is increasingly taking an anti-German, anti-European Union stance in the run-up to the Oct 15 legislative elections in the hope of mobilising its most loyal followers, analysts say. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, fired t

WARSAW: Poland's populist, nationalist government is increasingly taking an anti-German, anti-European Union stance in the run-up to the Oct 15 legislative elections in the hope of mobilising its most loyal followers, analysts say.

Such a sell-off could profit Germany which, he said, wanted to impose on Poland opposition leader Donald Tusk. A former Polish premier between 2007 and 2014 and subsequently president of the European Council - part of the EU's executive -, Tusk personifies everything the government opposes.While the ruling party is hitting around 33 per cent, Tusk's Civic Platform is scoring between 26 and 32 per cent.

 

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