The victory of the opposition party critical of Europe in local elections in Poland

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting According to preliminary predictions by Der Spiegel weekly, Poland’s conservative national opposition Law and Justice party emerged as the strongest force in Poland’s local elections with a slight lead. As several television channels reported on Sunday, citing Ipsos Institute forecasts, in the elections of 16 regional offices, 33.7 percent of the votes went to this opposition party.

The coalition of liberal-conservative citizens of Donald Tusk, the prime minister of this country, was in second place with 31.9 percent. Of course, he achieved great success in Warsaw, the capital of this country, and Rafal Terzaskowski, the current mayor of this party, was confirmed in his position in the first round of voting with 59.9% of votes. “This is today’s hero,” Tusk said of Terzaskowski on election night. The 52-year-old Terzaskovsky lost the 2020 presidential election by a narrow margin to the current president of the country, Andriy Duda. He wishes to participate in the presidential elections again next year.

In the port city of Gdańsk, the current mayor of the Tusk party, Aleksandra Dolkowicz, won 62.3% of the votes in the first round. He won the election again. In several major cities, including Krakow and Breslau (Wroclaw), run-off elections on April 21 will still decide who will fill the mayoral role.

The opposition Law and Justice Party, which ruled Poland from 2015 to 2023, scored points in the predominantly Catholic east and south of the country. “Jaroslaw Kaczynski”, the leader of this party, said that this result is more than anything an incentive for his party to do more, considering the European elections in May.

About 29 million eligible voters decided on the mayors of all municipalities and cities in this election. They also elected members of 16 regional assemblies, 380 district councils and 2,477 local councils. The official final result is expected only in the coming days.

At least according to the post-election polls, the opposition Law and Justice party once again won with 33.7 percent of the total votes in The entire country has become the strongest force.

In this way, Tusk’s hopes for the crushing defeat of the PiS party have not been fulfilled. Instead, his longtime rival, Kaczynski, is once again looking further afield. Vader said: “This result shows that today we may do significantly better in the parliamentary elections, maybe we can even come to power. According to him, PiS must now win the European elections and then prepare for the presidential elections. And then the general election will come.

However, Donald Tusk is satisfied with the election result. It became the strongest force in 10 out of 16 municipal districts. The party’s mayoral candidates in Warsaw and Gdańsk won in the first round, and others have a good chance of winning in the second round of elections on April 21.

According to Shimon Holonia, one of the leaders of the Tusk party and the speaker of the country’s parliament, the low voter turnout of just over 51% is also an alarm and the first warning for our coalition. Today, the people told us They said that the discussion is enough.

The Tusk government coalition showed differences and controversies in the regional election campaigns on certain issues such as the liberalization of abortion rights and some other issues.

Aleksandr Kwasniewski, the former president, also said that the election result is good for the government coalition. Now he at least knows that the Polish opposition Law and Justice party is still strong and therefore the ruling coalition should work together instead of arguing.

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