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Poland’s 2025 Presidential Race: A Referendum on the Government
3 December 2024
Poland’s victorious opposition may wait several weeks before it can form the government due to stalling by the outgoing government and its ally, President Andrzej Duda. Duda and the constitutional tribunal packed with political appointees will make it hard for the new government to pass legislation.
Adam Jasser spoke with Jakub Jaraczewski,a leading constitutional scholar, on the challenges facing a new opposition-led government in Poland. You can listen to the whole interview by clicking the link below.
Adam Jasser: Democracy triumphed in Poland in elections on Sunday, with a record-high turnout of 73 percent, and it seems people voted the current government out. But the ruling Law and Justice came first, and it seems it may be tasked by the president with trying to form the government despite the fact that it doesn’t have a majority. How long do you think it might take before we see a government formed in Poland?