Experts believe that none of the major parties in Poland will be able to win a majority of seats in parliament in the current election and they will have to unite, Fox News has reported. In particular, this situation will benefit the far-right Confederate Party, which is anti-immigration, anti-EU and anti-aid to Ukraine.
Parliamentary elections will be held in Poland on Sunday and they may have serious consequences for Ukraine, Fox News writes. The fact is that the conservative party “Law and Justice” has been in power for almost a decade and is seeking a third term. It is supported in rural areas of the country, for which the grain issue is important.
And most experts and observers believe that Law and Justice will not get an absolute majority in the elections. In this case, the politicians in the parliament will have to unite with other parties. And the extreme right-wing Confederate party, a nationalist party that opposes the EU and immigration, will benefit the most from this situation. Although polls show the party gaining only about 10 per cent of the vote, the outcome of the election could lead to it being part of a coalition government.
Poland has taken in millions of Ukrainian refugees and has given a lot of aid to Ukraine. But that support is now waning in the public, former ambassador to Poland Daniel Fried told Fox News. He notes: “Poles are worried. Some Poles are worried about the amount of social support for education, housing and health care. They are worried about the prolonged stalemate on the battlefield and what it means for the war. They are worried about the costs. They are concerned about the continued strength of the United States.”
Poland has been one of the leading countries helping Ukraine. But discord in the country’s political environment shows that cracks have appeared in its support for Ukraine. The most contentious issue has been the import of cheap grain from Ukraine, which has made Polish farmers feel threatened. For his part, Volodymyr Zielenski told the UN General Assembly that the “political theatre” around grain exports was beneficial only to Moscow. Warsaw, of course, did not like such statements. Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Ukraine was “behaving like a drowning man”, dragging Poland down with it.
The total amount of Polish security and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, including huge spending on refugees, is $19bn. Since the war began, Poland has sent Ukraine 340 T72 and Leopard tanks, 14 MiG planes and 12 Mi-24 helicopters, as well as a large amount of weapons and ammunition.
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