President Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski He appeared on Friday during Munich Safety Conference. Candidate Civic Coalition He took part in the President of the Republic of Poland in a panel dedicated to strengthening the immunity of democracy to hazards from populism.
– Poland is a positive example fight populism because we showed ourselves resistanceand finally democracy has won – said Trzaskowski.
– We won because we had strong civil societyvery strong non -governmental organizations and we were very Country in the 90s., After regaining independence after the fall of communism – explained Trzaskowski. In his opinion, the foresight consisted local governments. After 2015, the populists were not able to easily master the country, because most of the power in cities and the regions remained in the hands of democratic forces.
Trzaskowski in Munich talked about breaking the constitution in Poland
Trzaskowski emphasized that at the time of danger, after the attack Russia na Ukrainedemocratic forces were able to communicate with PiS In the most important matters: security country and defense ability.
The politician reminded that when in 2015 PiS, his friends from the USA and Europe They claimed that it was only Polish problem and Hungarian. Now you can see that it is A broader problem of democracy and growing polarization strengthened by social media. “It's a multiple crisis,” he said.
When asked about the problems of restoring democracy, Trzaskowski pointed to the difficulty of reversing cases breaking the constitution through the previous government. He drew attention to the role president having veto. – we return to the rule of law, but we have to win the presidential election – said Trzaskowski.
President of Warsaw: People think more about the economy
Trzaskowski talked about the great importance, but also difficulties in translating what democracy is, because for many citizens the rule of law is abstract concept. – people more They think about the economy – he emphasized. The advantage of Poles is to know, “what does it mean to live in a liberal system,” said the president of Warsaw and mentioned Limiting women's rights and indoctrination in schools.
democracy They should – in his opinion – focus on convincing that they can better and more effectively solve specific problemsinstead get into ideological discussions.
In addition to Trzaskowski, the Prime Minister participated in the discussion Norway Jonas Gahr Stoere, Minister of Foreign Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and American senator Elissa Slotkin.