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It Turns Out That Uprooting Populists is Hard

A right-wing candidate winning in Poland shows that it takes a lot to reverse illiberalism

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Luke Johnson
Jun 02, 2025
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President-elect Karol Nawrocki in Bielsko-Biała, Poland in December 2024. (Silar/Creative Commons 4.0)

Since a centrist coalition in Poland won parliamentary elections in October 2023 against the incu…

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