The restoration of democracy in Poland is a slow-moving process, but it offers valuable lessons to other member-states. Poland’s return to liberal democracy, after a period of severe backsliding under the previous government led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, has been challenging. The new government, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has faced a daunting task: restoring democracy, while not undermining the rule of law any further in the process. One year since it came to power, the government has trodden carefully, undoing the state’s capture of the public media, but failing to repair the political independence of the judiciary.
Author: Zselyke Csaky, Senior research fellow, Centre For European Reform
This article is available on the CER website.