Is There Political Life After Populism? Poland May Be the Test.

Is there political life after populism? Poland may be the test. - The Boston Globe

Much is riding on Poland’s presidential election, the first round of which will be held Sunday.

Is There Political Life After Populism? Poland May Be the Test.

The hecklers showed up eager to make a scene. Dressed in black and pumping their fists in the air, they handed out stickers reading: “Stop L.G.B.T. Aggression.” But their target, the liberal mayor of Warsaw and a front-runner in a pivotal presidential vote this month in Poland, disappointed them. The mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, at a campaign rally in Poland’s conservative rural borderlands near Ukraine, made no mention of gay or abortion rights, o…

"The New York Times" estimates that the upcoming presidential elections in Poland "may be a test of political life after years of populism." The centrist ruling coalition needs the president's support - we read in the American daily.