Former US Ambassador to Poland Paul Jones, Warsaw Security Forum Founder Katarzyna Pisarska, and Former Latvian Interior Minister Marija Golubeva look at Poland’s recent elections and argue that voters are signaling an end to eight years of rule by the conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) and ushering in a new government that experts say will improve relations with the EU and neighbors like Germany and Ukraine, while maintaining strong US ties. The new coalition is expected to resolve ongoing legal disputes with Brussels, unblock recovery funds, engage more on EU expansion and reforms, take a more cooperative approach with neighbors, and increase Poland’s regional influence, though the PiS isn’t expected to disappear and will still retain rural support.
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Former US Ambassador to Poland Paul Jones, Warsaw Security Forum Founder Katarzyna Pisarska, and Former Latvian Interior Minister Marija Golubeva look at Poland’s recent elections and argue that voters are signaling an end to eight years of rule by the conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) and ushering in a new government that experts say will improve relations with the EU and neighbors like Germany and Ukraine, while maintaining strong US ties. The new coalition is expected to resolve ongoing legal disputes with Brussels, unblock recovery funds, engage more on EU expansion and reforms, take a more cooperative approach with neighbors, and increase Poland’s regional influence, though the PiS isn’t expected to disappear and will still retain rural support.